A multi-million dollar investment is on its way to the Rio Grande Valley.

Texas A&M University has green-lit a new project. A new AgriLife Research Center will be built in north McAllen.

The new facility is expected to drive growth in more ways than one. From training future scientists to helping address the water shortage in the Valley.

The sound of construction is hard to miss at Tres Lagos in north McAllen. New roads, new homes, and soon, a new research center.

Texas A&M AgriLife is investing more than $53 million to build a new 43,000 square-foot building. It will have modern labs -- research facilities and a fabrication center.

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The Texas A&M system approved the project last month and will be near

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