CHILDRESS — The Childress District of the Texas Department of Transportation (Tx-DOT) will begin a $17.1 million widening project on FM 268 in Childress and Hardeman Counties the week of Nov. 17. The prime contractor for the project is RK Hall. Although the contractor and TxDOT are working together to expedite the work schedule with the goal of an early competition in the fall of 2023, the expecte…