Several transportation projects are underway in New Braunfels. Here’s the up-to-date information on five projects as officials work to improve roadways throughout the city.
Upcoming projects
Common Street improvement project
Project: The project scope includes widening Common Street to a four-lane road with sidewalks, improving drainage, installing new traffic signals, and making intersection improvements between Loop 337 and Gruene Road. The project was approved in the May bond election.
Update: The city of New Braunfels is drafting a right-of-way map and nearing 30% schematic design. The final design is expected to be completed in fall 2024, and right-of-way acquisition and relocations are expected to take place through mid-2026.
- Timeline: TBD
- Cost: $24.78 million
- Funding source: May 2023 bond
I-35 and FM 725 intersection project
Project: The project consists of installing additional operational turn lanes by grading, building structures and surfacing the roadway at the intersection of FM 725 and I-35.
Update: The Texas Department of Transportation suspended its improvement project for the holiday season. Construction will resume in January, and the project will be completed by fall 2024, according to TxDOT.
- Timeline: June 2022-fall 2024
- Cost: $6 million
- Funding source: Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization/TxDOT
Project: The project scope includes widening FM 725 from East Zipp Road to County Line Road and improving intersections along the corridor.
Update: TxDOT crews are paving, connecting driveways and installing culverts on the southbound side of FM 725 from East Zipp Road to County Line Road.
- Timeline: December 2021-mid-2024
- Cost: $10.9 million
- Funding source: TxDOT
Project: The project scope includes repaving, restriping and improving FM 306.
Update: Crews completed the seal coat on the newly paved FM 306 from Grand Pass to Gruene Haven. Crews will restripe the road and paint pavement markers this winter.
- Timeline: TBD
- Cost: TBD
- Funding source: Work Program 2301
FM 1044 improvement project
Project: The project scope included repaving and repairing FM 1044 from I-35 to the Guadalupe and Comal county line.
Update: TXDOT completed work on the project this fall.
- Timeline: Completed 2022
- Cost: $1.2 million
- Funding source: TxDOT
