SAN ANTONIO — Relief may be on the way for one of the south side’s busiest intersections.

The Texas Department of Transportation is proposing a $40 million project to untangle traffic at Interstate 37 and Southeast Military Drive, an area booming with growth that far outpaces the roads built decades ago.

The project includes a bypass ramp connecting directly to Brooks and a new “diverging diamond interchange” designed to improve traffic flow. TxDOT officials say an identical layout at Blanco Road and Loop 1604 is set to open this winter, with a similar interchange already in use at Bandera and 1604.

“About 87,000 people travel along this intersection every day and in the next 20 years it’s going to almost double,” said Jennifer Serold, Public Information Officer for TxDOT. “It’s going

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