Many major corridor projects funded through the city of Austin's 2016 mobility bond are completed or moving toward construction, with tens of millions of dollars from the voter-approved transportation package still remaining as of early 2026.

The big picture

City voters approved the $720 million bond for roadway, sidewalk and trail upgrades, as well as safety improvements under the Vision Zero initiative, in November 2016.

The package was broken down between various local and regional projects, with the majority—nearly $500 million—dedicated to stretches of Austin's busiest roadways. Most of that corridor funding has now been spent or obligated, with some of the most intensive construction set to kick off soon.

City Council called the 2016 bond election with the intent of seeing all projects completed in an eight-year window as outlined in its "contract with the voters." However, planning and infrastructure challenges led the work funded by the 2016 package to take longer than expected, and it likely won't be finished until the early 2030s.


Many proposed projects weren't yet fully developed as of the 2016 vote, according to Genest Landry, an assistant director with Austin Capital Delivery. And once the bond officially passed, the city also faced complications due to local development regulations that "essentially turned many of these projects into storm drain projects more than mobility projects," she said.

After a program reset, most of those issues have been resolved, and the city expects transportation updates to continue moving forward.

"In 2023, we went back to the drawing board, we right-sized those projects to basically meet the budget that we had available," Landry said Jan. 6. "While we are still working through some drainage issues on a few places, redesign is pretty much complete and we are in construction in many of those corridors now.”

Zooming in


Corridor projects worth roughly $360 million have been completed or approved for development as of this winter, and more than $40 million in construction work is anticipated this year. Austin has also leveraged more than $100 million from grants and other sources in support of the bond work, Landry said.

The 2016 corridor program includes several main thoroughfares, including:Work along several major corridor segments wrapped up over the last year, such as a new roundabout off South Lamar Boulevard and traffic signal upgrades along Riverside Drive. As of early 2026, work is continuing on bicycle and pedestrian improvements across the corridors and local projects such as pathway and intersection work on Slaughter Lane. City officials also recently approved more than $20 million to begin working on Burnet Road construction near US 183 in North Austin.

Later this year, Landry said Austin will be tackling one of the "largest and most complex" corridor portions addressed by the bond program when crews start working on South Lamar Boulevard north of Hwy. 290.

“That project is a very, very long project with a long construction timeline," she said.


That segment's scope led it to be split into two pieces, with the first likely going out for bid this spring or summer. Less intensive sidewalk gap and signal projects on North Lamar Boulevard between Parmer Lane and I-35 will also be advertised this year. Timing also depends on the Texas Department of Transportation, which owns the roadway.

What to expect

Landry said the city is done with most of its 2016 bond project designs and solicitations. However, overlap with TxDOT's planning and jurisdiction has led to some further reviews by the state agency.

Those include the final segments of Lamar and Airport bouelvards, on hold while TxDOT's I-35 expansion advances; a bridge replacement over the MoKan Trail; and many East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard improvements. Pedestrian beacon installation on North Lamar Boulevard is also ready, pending TxDOT approval.


The city aims to have about 90% of the $482 million corridor program under the 2016 bond spent or committed by the end of the year. The bulk of the remaining funding will be going toward South Lamar Boulevard, with the first phase moving ahead this year and the second phase starting in 2028.

“It’s a six-year construction timeline. Splitting it into two segments is going to allow us to employ any lessons learned on that first segment on the second segment. And it’s also going to mitigate risks if we end up with a contractor that maybe is not moving as quickly as we like," Landry said.

An interactive map of city mobility projects is available online.