East Whitestone Boulevard pass-through project[/caption]1. East Whitestone Boulevard pass-through project
The city of Cedar Park, the Texas Department of Transportation and Williamson County are collaborating on a project to rebuild East Whitestone Boulevard into a six-lane, divided roadway between Market Street and CR 175/Sam Bass Road. The project also includes a rebuilt intersection of Whitestone and Parmer Lane/Ronald Reagan Boulevard, which opened as a continuous-flow intersection
Aug. 2. The intersection enhances safety and increases traffic flow through intersections by allowing left-turning traffic and through-traffic to move simultaneously, according to a news release from TxDOT and the city of Cedar Park. Final paving of the intersection from Market to Toro Grande Drive is expected to be complete by late August, and additional work between Toro Grande and Sam Bass will continue until the fall, said Jennie Huerta, media and communications manager with the city of Cedar Park.
Timeline: August 2014-September 2016
Cost: $22 million
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park (TxDOT will reimburse 80 percent of actual construction costs), Williamson County
2. Little Elm Trail extension
The city of Cedar Park is continuing the filling of existing gaps on Little Elm Trail between Lakeline Boulevard and US 183, Huerta said. The project includes right-turn lanes on southbound US 183, Lakeline and the existing portion of Little Elm. On Aug. 5, Huerta said the city is in the process of road base, curb and gutter, and sidewalk construction through the Red Oaks subdivision, and the first layer of asphalt through the subdivision is complete. Between Lakeline and Liberty Oaks Boulevard the road is being prepared over the installed underground facilities, such as stormwater, sewage, water, electric and gas lines.
Timeline: December 2015-early 2017
Cost: $7.06 million
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park ($2.98 million); Cedar Park Community Development Corp., also known as the 4B Board ($550,000); Williamson County ($3.53 million)
3. Cypress Creek Road/Lakeline Boulevard intersection upgrades
The project includes extended dual left-turn lanes and widened existing left- and right-turn lanes on north- and southbound Lakeline Boulevard, which includes adding a lane to a bridge on Lakeline. On Aug. 5 Huerta said the project was substantially complete the first week of August and completely open to traffic. She said area clean up will be completed by mid-August.
Timeline: June 2015-August 2016
Cost: $2.2 million
Funding sources: city of Cedar Park, Williamson County
Old FM 2243[/caption]4. Old FM 2243
The city of Leander is widening Old FM 2243 from two to five lanes, including a center lane, between US 183 and a location west of North Lakeline Boulevard. On Aug. 5 City Engineer Wayne Watts said the project is now 30 percent complete. He said construction crews are continuing to finalize the locations of dry utilities, though crews have experienced some delays. Watts said construction crews are preparing for the installation of the base of the road on the east and west ends of the project and are currently working around any remaining dry utility interferences.
Timeline: Jan. 4, 2016-October or November 2017
Cost: $24 million (estimated)
Funding sources: city of Leander, Williamson County (50 percent or up to $9.15 million)
5. North Bagdad Road expansion
Construction crews will be widening North Bagdad Road from two to five lanes, which includes a center turn lane, between Old FM 2243 and Collaborative Way in Leander. Watts said the project has been redesigned and reduced in scale slightly, largely because of rising construction costs that have been higher than what was estimated during the project’s planning phase. As drivers travel north on Bagdad, the road will transition from five to three lanes, and then it will transition to two lanes north of San Gabriel Parkway. The project will include new storm sewers, sidewalks and utilities on both sides of the road. The project is expected to go out for bid in September, but the sidewalk project will be bid upon separately because the county obtained funds for it from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Watts said. The city submitted sidewalk plans to TxDOT for review, and construction could begin on the expansion project in early December.
Timeline: late September or early October 2016-March 2018
Cost: $13 million (estimated)
Funding sources: city of Leander, Williamson County
