TxDOT Pharr District assists with Beryl recovery in Houston

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A team of traffic signal technicians from the Texas Department of Transportation Pharr District are assisting with Beryl recovery in the Houston metropolitan area.

Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane late Sunday night, leaving an aftermath of rising floodwaters, property damages and traffic signal outages.

"It's a strategic effort, but we are here to help the Houston District," said Rex Costley, Deputy District Engineer with TxDOT Pharr District. "Help is on the way. It's a team effort."

TxDOT departed early Wednesday morning to a base camp in Sugarland, located within the Houston area, with supplies and a bucket truck.

"They are needing a lot of help right now," said Conrad Rocha, Traffic Signal Inspector with TxDOT Pharr District. "If it [Beryl] happened here, I know that other districts would come down to help us."

The Pharr District will join a team of TxDOT colleagues from statewide districts including Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Waco, Corpus Christi, Tyler and Bryan.

TxDOT Pharr District estimates their team will be in the Houston area on assignment for one week.