(CNN) Days after Texas officials began clearing tent cities in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state will provide a temporary camp location for homeless residents.

The temporary shelter will be located in plot of land of more than 5 acres about 3 miles southeast from downtown and near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

The state-sanctioned camp will have portable restrooms, hand washing stations and local charities will deliver food multiple times during the day, said John Wittman, a spokesman with the governor's office.

"This location will provide access to healthcare providers and homeless case workers to provide care for the homeless," Wittman added.

The announcement comes after Texas Department of Transportation workers began scooping up piles of trash and left-behind belongings at 17 locations throughout the city, but especially camps in highway underpasses. Abbott ordered the cleanups, arguing that relaxed city ordinances had spurred lawlessness and indecency in the streets.

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