Additionally, design work for new traffic signals and sidewalks are underway.
What’s happening
The city is making its second phase of improvements to drainage and utility infrastructure for the Ranchettes neighborhood by this summer, said Randy Lueders, the city’s director of engineering and capital projects. The project entails extending the storm sewer system on Monarch Avenue between Lonestar Drive and Hall Street, Lueders said.
Construction is underway for a $30 million Public Safety Training Facility with three buildings, including a 17,000-square-foot training facility, 10,000-square-foot stimulated training facility and 7,700-square-foot apparatus bay. The facility is expected to open in the spring of 2026.
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By spring of 2027, the city is working to expand New Hope Drive from four to six lanes with an innovative intersection at 183A Toll. The new intersection is expected to be similar to the intersection at RM 1431 and Parmer Lane, Lueders said.
The innovative intersection is intended to increase the area’s capacity for vehicles and reduce traffic delays, he said.
Construction is currently focused on drainage, culverts and utility relocation as well as other underground improvements.
The project will be located next to a new Nebraska Furniture Mart, Scheel’s Sporting Goods store and luxury Marriott hotel that are under development.
What else?
By summer or fall of 2026, Cedar Park will install new traffic signals at the intersections of Brushy Creek Road and Ranch Trails as well as Brushy Creek Road and Wilson Ranch Place. The design is anticipated to be complete this summer followed by around a year of construction.
Next year, construction is set to begin on a new shared use path along New Hope Drive. The project will close a 2,200-foot gap along New Hope Drive near 183A Toll and a 350-foot-long gap along Cottonwood Creek Trail. The city may close a traffic lane for concrete installation; however, the overall traffic impact should be minimal, said Daniel Sousa, the city's community affairs assistant director.
