Transporatation Updates



1. West Whitestone Boulevard center turn lane addition


After delays because of right of way issues and relocating telecommunication lines, the Texas Department of Transportation is adding a 1.4-mile-long center turn lane on Whitestone Boulevard between Anderson Mill and Bagdad roads.
Timeline: April-summer
Cost: $4.8 million
Funding sources: TxDOT

2. Toll 183A/US 183 intersection


The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority announced June 10 that workers closed an access road connection to CR 276 for two months at the intersection of Toll 183A and US 183 in Leander. The project is intended to give drivers safer turn lane movements and includes roadway widening, new sidewalks and signals. Crews have added a road stub for future construction of a new intersecting street, Bryson Ridge Trail, which will lead to the new Bryson housing development. Updates about the project, including a detour map, are frequently posted at www.mobilityauthority.com.
Timeline: November 2014-fall 2015
Cost: $5.8 million
Funding sources: Mobility Authority, Crescent Communities

3. East Whitestone Boulevard


East Whitestone Boulevard Pass-through project[/caption]

The city of Cedar Park, TxDOT and Williamson County are rebuilding the intersection of East Whitestone Boulevard and Parmer Lane/Ronald Reagan Boulevard into a partial continuous-flow intersection. Workers are also adding new lanes to the north side of Whitestone, expanding the bridge over Brushy Creek and performing work on culverts and drainage. When the project is finished, Whitestone will be widened from four to six lanes between Market Street and CR 175/Sam Bass Road. The roadway will also have extended turn lanes at Whitestone’s intersections with Toro Grande Drive, Raley Road and Sam Bass. Updates about the project are occasionally posted on the city’s website, www.cedarparktexas.gov.
Timeline: August 2014-early 2016
Cost: $22 million
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park (TxDOT will reimburse 80 percent of actual construction costs), Williamson County

4. Cypress Creek Road/Lakeline Boulevard intersection turn lanes


The city of Cedar Park and Williamson County are planning a project to extend all four right-turn lanes at the intersection and relocate affected sidewalks and streetlights.
Timeline: spring 2015-TBD
Cost: TBD
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park, Williamson County

5. Bagdad Road at Municipal/Vista Ridge drives traffic signal


The Leander Engineering Department opened bids to design a traffic signal at Municipal/Vista Ridge drives and Bagdad Road. City engineer Wayne Watts said the new signal will be installed before nearby Camacho Elementary School opens in the fall.
Timeline: January-July 2015
Cost: $375,000
Funding sources: city of Leander

6. Municipal Drive


Municipal Drive Road widening/extension[/caption]

Leander ISD and the city of Leander are widening Municipal Drive and extending the road between Bagdad Road and South West Drive before Camacho Elementary School opens. Delays are expected at the intersection of Municipal and South West during peak traffic hours. Updates are occasionally posted on the city’s website, www.leandertx.gov.
Timeline: fall 2014-August 2015
Cost: $6.9 million
Funding sources: Leander ISD, city of Leander ($2.5 million reimbursement)

7. West Old FM 2243 widening


This summer the city of Leander plans to accept bids for a project to expand Old FM 2243 to five lanes between US 183 and North Lakeline Boulevard. The project will likely include new turn lanes and relocations of drainage ditches, which will become storm sewers under new lanes.
Timeline: September 2015-spring 2017
Cost: $20 million
Funding sources: city of Leander, Williamson County

8. Whitestone Boulevard expansion


The city of Cedar Park is designing a project to widen Whitestone Boulevard between Anderson Mill and Bagdad roads and add left-turn lanes at Whitestone’s intersection with Lakeline Boulevard.
Timeline: 2015-TBD
Cost: $13.5 million (estimated)
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park, TBD

9. Anderson Mill Road widening


The city of Cedar Park is drafting plans for a first phase of widening Anderson Mill Road in two sections between Whitestone Boulevard and Cypress Creek Road. A second phase of widening the segments would be contingent on further funding.
Timeline: 2015-TBD
Cost: $13.5 million (estimated)
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Authorit