Texas, Mexican Consulate to swap land in Houston as part of major highway project

The Texas Transportation Commission and the Consulate of the United Mexican States in Houston have reached a deal to swap land to make way for a major highway project, according to commission documents and the Houston Chronicle.

The Mexican Consulate currently is located at 4506 Caroline St., adjacent to the San Jacinto Street entrance to Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 just south of Midtown. It will move to a roughly 3-acre site in Westchase currently owned by the state of Texas. That site is near…