Although Jana Motzkus said business has yet to be affected by the Bee Caves Road expansion project, the office manager at Liz James Designs, 4407 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 511, Austin, said she has seen an increase in delays on the road during business hours and is worried about losing walk-in customers as construction work progresses this fall.
“We imagine it probably will start to affect us more come September and October as construction continues,” she said. “That will be the true test, but we haven’t seen much of [an impact] yet.”
Since the $29 million expansion project to add a continuous left-turn lane on Bee Caves from Redbud Trail to Walsh Tarlton Lane began in November, contractors have worked to complete utility work along the road. These efforts have also led to the addition of a retaining wall west of Sundown Parkway, said Diann Hodges, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Transportation, the agency that owns and manages the roadway.
Contractors are also currently completing waterline work on Bee Caves from Redbud to McConnell Trail and will next build retaining walls at locations along the north side of the road, she said.
