Metropolitan planning board approves major expansion plan

- The Permian Basin Metropolitan Planning Organization policy board approved by a unanimous vote on Monday the near-term transportation projects for the 2025-28 Transportation Improvement Plan.

The largest and most expensive item in the current plan is the project for Interstate 20 between County Road 1250 and State Highway 349 in Midland County.

This small stretch of I-20, about 6.5 miles, will be …