In early August, the city of San Marcos is scheduled to complete the first phase of a wastewater line project that has slowed traffic for about eight months on Sessom and University drives.

Now construction crews are moving south as they continue to extend the wastewater line along CM Allen Parkway. The CM Allen phase of the $5.1 million project—widening the wastewater line to prevent overflows into the San Marcos River—is scheduled to end in April 2014.

In mid-September, the city is also set to begin the 18-month reconstruction of North LBJ Drive. The Texas Department of Transportation is funding $1 million of the $6.5 million project, which will widen the roadway, add sidewalks and bike lanes, and improve drainage, among other efforts.

"That road is in really bad shape," project manager Shaun Condor said.