Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the correct FM 725 improvement project completion date.

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
Ongoing projects

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
FM 725 improvement project


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
FM 306 improvement project

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
Completed projects


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