Major projects in the area
1. MoPac
Upon completion the highway will have one new lane in each direction from Parmer Lane to Cesar Chavez Street that will be tolled. Current construction includes bridge widening, building sound walls, installing drainage, constructing a retaining wall in the median north of RM 2222, installing conduit and cables to support the toll collection and intelligent transportation systems, and completing the relocation of temporary ramps to make room for sound walls and other project elements.
Timeline: December 2013–Fall 2015
Cost: $204 million
Funding sources: Federal and Texas Department of Transportation dollars
2. Burnet Road improvements
The city's design consultant is working on a technical memorandum prioritizing locations for improvements. The consultant is conducting field studies on Burnet Road from MoPac to West Koenig Lane to look for strengths and weaknesses. Following the evaluation period, the city will host a public workshop at which stakeholders will have an opportunity to provide comments on potential project segments. Stakeholder input will help narrow the project's scope. Once public input has been incorporated, the technical memorandum will be finalized and will serve as a road map for the design phase of the project and to document the selected locations recommended for design and construction. The technical memorandum will be finished in September. Design will start in October and continue through April 2016. A similar process will take place for North Lamar Boulevard from I-35 to US 183.
Timeline: September 2016—September 2017
Cost: TBD
Funding source: City of Austin
3. I-35 frontage road improvements
The northbound frontage road, ramp and intersection will be improved from Barbara Jordan Boulevard to 53rd Street to allow northbound traffic to access Cameron Road and 51st Street.
Timeline: Late summer–Summer 2015
Cost: $3.3 million
Funding sources: City of Austin and TxDOT
4. Sabine Street sidewalk construction
The project will entail constructing a sidewalk on Sabine Street from East Seventh to East Fourth streets.
Timeline: Project contract to be awarded in October 2015
Cost: $4,177,396.37
Funding sources: Non-TxDOT sources
5. Stop light at I-35 and Hwy. 290
A traffic signal will be installed on the I-35 southbound frontage road where Hwy. 290 and West Koenig Lane meet.
Timeline: Project to be awarded in September
Cost: $1,576,204.53
Funding sources: Non-TxDOT sources
6. RM 2222 overlay and resurfacing
A roadway resurface and road overlay will be performed from 500 feet west of Westslope Circle to the MoPac southbound frontage road. There are also plans on the state's books that call for resurfacing the roadway from MoPac to North Lamar Boulevard, a 2.05-mile stretch that would cost approximately $1.2 million to complete. The project would go to bid in March, according to TxDOT documents.
Timeline: September—November
Cost: $1,000,388.72
Funding source: TxDOT
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