Transportation Updates



 


Oak Hill Parkway plans: Two designs have been identified as potential traffic solutions for the Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 290 intersection. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority hosted a water-quality workshop Aug. 25 and will hold an open house this fall. Oak Hill Parkway plans:
Two designs have been identified as potential traffic solutions for the
Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 290 intersection. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority hosted a water-quality workshop Aug. 25 and will hold an open house this fall.[/caption]

1. Oak Hill Parkway plans


Two designs have been identified as potential traffic solutions for the
Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 290 intersection. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority hosted a water-quality workshop Aug. 25 and will hold an open house this fall.




  • Timeline: study to end in 2016

  • Cost: TBD

  • Funding sources: TBD


2. Postponed: Jones Road/West Gate Boulevard turn lane


On Aug. 4, Sunset Valley City Council rejected all bids for construction of a right-turn lane on Jones Road at West Gate Boulevard. The work is postponed.




  • Timeline: summer 2016

  • Cost: More than $170,000  

  • Funding sources: city of Sunset Valley


3. Nearing completion: Y at Oak Hill continuous-flow intersections


The Texas Department of Transportation is building continuous-flow intersections on Hwy. 290 between Hwy. 71 and Joe Tanner Lane. The project will officially be completed in mid-September, but TxDOT opened the intersection at Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 71 in May. Workers have been moving a water line under the road. The Hwy. 290 and William Cannon Drive intersection is slated to open in August.




  • Timeline: September 2013-August 2015

  • Cost: $6.5 million

  • Funding sources: TxDOT, city of Austin, Travis County


4. New timeline: Manchaca Road


As of August, letting for construction is now slated to take place in 2021 for TxDOT’s plans to widen Manchaca Road to a five-lane road with two lanes in each direction and a center turn lane between Ravenscroft Drive and FM 1626. The project still does not have funding.




  • Timeline: TBD

  • Cost: about $10 million

  • Funding sources: TBD


5. SH 45 SW design phase


The Mobility Authority has identified opportunities to enhance the design environmentally cleared by TxDOT earlier this year for the limited-access, four-lane, 3.6-mile toll road connecting MoPac to FM 1626 in Hays County. The Mobility Authority expects to request construction bids early next year.




  • Timeline: spring 2016-spring 2018

  • Cost: $100 million (Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization estimate)

  • Funding sources: Travis and Hays counties, Mobility Authority, TxDOT Toll Equity grant, TxDOT Toll Equity Loan


New auxiliary lanes Loop 360: TxDOT will add auxiliary lanes on Loop 360 to improve intersections with Walsh Tarlton Lane, the Barton Creek Square Mall entrance, Loop 1 and the intersection just south of Loop 1. TxDOT will also add a left-turn lane on the northbound frontage road of Loop 1 at Loop 360, replace signals and adjust signal timing. TxDOT plans to begin letting the project in September 2015.[/caption]

6. Loop 360


TxDOT will add auxiliary lanes on Loop 360 to improve intersections with Walsh Tarlton Lane, the Barton Creek Square Mall entrance, Loop 1 and the intersection just south of Loop 1. TxDOT will also add a left-turn lane on the northbound frontage road of Loop 1 at Loop 360, replace signals and adjust signal timing. TxDOT plans to begin letting the project in September 2015.




  • Timeline: winter 2015-spring 2017

  • Cost: $5 million

  • Funding sources: TxDOT


7. South Congress Avenue project


TxDOT said it is working to solve utility conflicts so it can complete lane additions on South Congress Avenue from Foremost Drive to Eberhart Lane.




  • Timeline: October 2014-winter 2015-16
    Cost: $6.3 million
    Funding sources: TxDOT