Project supported by $3 million from CAMPO
Bagdad Road will soon be reconstructed up to Cedar Park city limits as part of an estimated $4.58 million in road improvements.
The plan calls for several improvements along a 1.4-mile stretch of Bagdad Road from FM 1431 to immediately north of Kettering Drive at Leander High School. The plan includes adding dedicated turn lanes at five major intersections as well as new sidewalks and streetlights. Construction is expected to begin late this summer and take up to 16 months, said Alan Green, Cedar Park senior engineering associate.
The project is more of a rebuild than an expansion, Green said, because the existing Bagdad Road pavement is nearing its life expectancy. By adding dedicated left-turn lanes at major intersections, the street should be much safer to drive on, he said.
City officials first recognized the need for improvements in 2009 when engineers began redesigning Bagdad Road. It was not until 2011, however, that $3 million in funding emerged from the five-county regional group Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
