During the May 28 Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association annual meeting, the Texas Department of Transportation unveiled preliminary plans to add a roadway that would run from RR 620 to RR 2222 and would bypass the intersection of the two roads in an effort to reduce traffic congestion.
"We're advocating for specific [traffic] solutions, and we're really happy we're at that step," SRNA Chairman Brian Thompto said.
The proposal is the result of combined efforts of SRNA board members; state Rep. Paul Workman, R-Austin; Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty; Four Points Chamber of Commerce officers; the 2222 Coalition of Neighborhood Associations; and TxDOT officials to relieve the congestion in Four Points, said Mark Jones, TxDOT Williamson County area engineer.
The project will also likely involve the addition of a lane in each direction on a segment of RR 2222 between roughly the bypass and McNeil Drive, he said. Double left-turn lanes would be constructed running east off RR 2222 onto McNeil Drive northbound. There would not be an extra lane from McNeil to Capital of Texas Hwy., he said.
