Transportation Updates Lake Travis | Westlake[/caption]

Transportation Updates Y at Oak Hill continuous-flow intersections[/caption]

1. Y at Oak Hill continuous-flow intersections


Texas Department of Transportation completed continuous-flow intersections on Hwy. 290 between Hwy. 71 and Joe Tanner Lane in September. TxDOT reopened the intersection at Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 71 in May. Workers were moving a water line under the intersection at Hwy. 290 and William Cannon Drive before it opened Sept. 9.


Timeline: September 2013-September 2015
Cost: $6.5 million
Funding sources: TxDOT, city of Austin, Travis County



2. ‘Don’t Block the Box’ new sign location


A “Don’t Block the Box” sign will be installed at the RR 2222 and River Place Boulevard intersection by Oct. 31. The Don’t Block the Box campaign aims to reduce traffic congestion on Austin’s major arterial roadways and downtown.Blocking the box means that a vehicle has entered an intersection without enough room on the other side of the intersection to clear it. Blocking the box is illegal, according to Austin officials.


Timeline: Oct. 31
Cost:  TBD
Funding sources: city of Austin



3. Loop 360 turn lanes


Additional turn lanes will be added along Loop 360 between Courtyard Drive and Westbank Drive. A left-turn-only lane, an optional left-turn/straight lane and a right-turn-only lane will be added westbound at the Westbank intersection. A dedicated left-turn lane will be added on northbound Loop 360 at Las Cimas Parkway, and left-turn lane will be added at the northbound Loop 360 exit ramp at Bee Caves Road.


Timeline: fall or winter 2015
Cost: $1.169 million
Funding sources: TxDOT, Proposition 1



4. Loop 360 auxiliary lanes


TxDOT will add auxiliary lanes, or extended turn lanes, on Loop 360 to improve intersections with Walsh Tarlton Lane, the Barton Creek Square Mall entrance, MoPac and the intersection just south of MoPac. A left-turn lane will also be added on the northbound frontage road of MoPac at Loop 360.


Timeline: winter 2015-spring 2017
Cost: $5.1 million
Funding sources: TxDOT, city of Austin




Transportation Updates Flint Rock Road[/caption]

5. Flint Rock Road


Approximately 2 miles of the narrow two-lane road—between RR 620 at Lakeway Regional Medical Center and Serene Hills Drive—will be widened, and an asphalt shoulder will be added along with turn and grade changes. Construction will begin in October.


Timeline: October 2015-late 2016
Cost: $6.5 million construction; $9 million total
Funding sources: city of Lakeway, Travis County



6. MoPac toll lanes


Upon completion the highway will have one new lane in each direction from Parmer Lane to Cesar Chavez Street that will be tolled. Current construction includes bridge widening, building sound walls, installing conduit and cables to support the toll-collection and intelligent transportation systems, and completing the relocation of temporary ramps. The timeline was delayed from a fall 2015 completion to late 2016.


Timeline: late 2013-late 2016
Cost: $204 million
Funding sources: federal and state funds