US Law Enforcement Response, Time, Scale and Coordination (Galveston, TX)

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Originally Posted by maximara

Interstate 40 is also U.S. Highway 87 so someone (especially if they are under pressure) could say it technically falls under the mayor/county commissioner for that stretch.

U.S. Highway 87 is also part of the federal highway system (just not the interstate system), so you would still need permission from a governor to close it down (even a rolling blockade would exceed the authority of a mayor/county commissioner).