The long-term solution to Y at Oak Hill traffic problems may not arrive anytime soon, even if a study of the project’s impact on social, economic and environmental issues is slated to finish in 2017.
The Oak Hill Parkway traffic-alleviation project calls for overhauling the Hwy. 290 and Hwy. 71 intersection, known as the Y at Oak Hill, into a raised highway with service roads, with either Hwy. 290 or Hwy. 71 as the overpass at the intersection point. The 6-mile project would extend from MoPac in the east to west of FM 1826 on Hwy. 290.
The project may be completed between 2022-23, according to a presentation by the Texas Department of Transportation and consulting firm Rodriguez Transportation Group at the May 5 Oak Hill Business and Professional Association luncheon.
Factors such as acquiring right of way to build, utility relocations, financial shortcomings and final design work may put new driving lanes years away. Securing the funding alone could take several years, and construction may take at least three years, RTG Project Manager Wade Strong said.
