Leander approves more than $400,000 for repaving outer lanes along South Bagdad Road

Leander City Council members unanimously voted May 7 to allocate $405,646 toward resurfacing the outer lanes of South Bagdad Road between Kettering Drive and Crystal Falls Parkway.

These improvements, which are financed through the certificates of obligation—the CO bond Series 2024-B fund balance—will resurface both the northbound and southbound outer lanes of South Bagdad Road, which have been damaged by utility trenching required by the Bagdad Terminus Station project.

The details

The city already repaved the middle lanes of South Bagdad Road between Kettering Drive and Crystal Falls Parkway due to the effects of the Bagdad Terminus Station project, which upgraded the infrastructure at Bagdad Terminus Pump Station. While the project budget originally accounted for the cost of resurfacing the middle lanes of South Bagdad Road, the city authorized additional funding to cover the costs of resurfacing the outer lanes May 7.

“This approach allows us to restore the full roadway to a high standard while the crews are already mobilized," said Otis Williams, Leander chief financial officer.

The project, which was first approved in 2025, involves installing a new 1.5 million-gallon concrete ground storage tank to replace the existing 750,000-gallon steel ground storage tank. Additionally, the project added a new 2-foot water line on Bagdad Road that extends from Crystal Falls Parkway to the Terminus Pump Station.