Harris County toll road fees waived ahead of Hurricane Laura

By Sonia Ramirez, Chron.com / Houston Chronicle

Published 12:08 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 25, 2020

By order of Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Toll Road fees are being waived to support evacuations ahead of Hurricane Laura.

Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast as a possible Category 3 storm Wednesday night, early Thursday morning.

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Evacuations are already under way for many areas.

“We want to make sure that we provide easy access for people who may be traveling throughout areas,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a press conference.

According to the HCTRA, “The order applies to HCTRA roadways and does not include roads not governed by Harris County.”

Houstonians are being urged to stay off the roads as much as possible to allow for the safe evacuation of residents leaving Galveston, which issued a mandatory evacuation order Tuesday morning.

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