TxDOT sets Copperas Cove meeting on I-14 expansion plan
Copperas Cove drivers could face new access and right-of-way pressure as TxDOT studies where I-14 might follow U.S. 190 west to Lometa.
If the I-14 corridor advances, Copperas Cove commuters, freight traffic and property owners along U.S. 190 could be among the first to feel it through new access patterns, noise concerns and possible right-of-way pressure west of FM 2657. The Texas Department of Transportation is still studying where the future interstate should go, and local input now could shape how the route affects one of Coryell County’s busiest travel corridors.
TxDOT’s Brownwood District says the route study generally follows U.S. 190 westward from Copperas Cove in Coryell County to Lometa in Lampasas County. The study is meant to determine the potential location of future I-14 and is being coordinated with the Lampasas Relief Route Study and other corridor studies tied to the broader interstate effort. TxDOT says the work is still in the planning and feasibility stage, not construction.
Copperas Cove’s public meeting is set for Monday, June 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Taylor Creek Elementary, 2096 Big Divide Road. The format will be a come-and-go open house, and TxDOT plans a live presentation at 6 p.m. At the same meeting, residents will be able to review hard copies of project materials, speak with staff and consultants, and leave written comments on the route study.
The same information will be available at earlier in-person meetings in Lampasas on June 22 and in Lometa on June 23, both from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. TxDOT will also post a prerecorded virtual presentation June 22 at 5:30 p.m., and it will remain available through July 15. People without internet access can submit questions by voicemail, and written comments may also be mailed or emailed to the Brownwood District Office.
The comment deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 30, if residents want their input included in the meeting summary report. That feedback matters because the study will consider potential impacts on U.S. 183, U.S. 190, U.S. 281 and the Lampasas Relief Route, all of which could affect how people move through Copperas Cove and nearby communities.
TxDOT says about 25 miles of the I-14 system in Texas are already designated and signed, stretching from I-35 in Belton to U.S. 190E in Copperas Cove. Building the wider interstate is expected to take decades, with the system developed through incremental upgrades to meet interstate standards. For Coryell County, the route study is the point at which the map can still change.
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