The first MY35 project to be funded with Proposition 12 bond proceeds was let in July. The contract for widening I-35 from four to six lanes from Loop 340 north of Waco to FM 1858 in West was awarded to Williams Brothers Construction Company of Houston.

The company's winning low bid of $166.8 million was approximately $44 million under the project's original estimated cost of $211.2 million. Construction on this 13-mile stretch of I-35 is expected to begin this fall and should be completed in the fall of 2014. This contract award brings the Texas Transportation Commission closer to fulfilling its promise to relieve congestion on I-35 by expanding the busy corridor between San Antonio and Hillsboro to six lanes - a project also known as MY35.