Transportation
BY KATY MCAFEE
Crews complete repaving project
Task force to identify substandard road needs Travis County commissioners are creating a task force to identify what substandard roads in the unincorporated areas of the county need fixing. The why Substandard roads are roads that were built along with a development and are often unpaved. Travis County has over 108 miles of these roads, and they technically aren’t the city’s or county’s responsibility to fix, said John Langmore, chair of the Travis County Bond Committee. The task force will explore which roads need to be prioritized and what funding options are available to fix them, including federal grants or tacking the construction cost on residents’ homeowners association fees. The details The Substandard Roads Task Force will meet
What is a substandard road?
A road is considered substandard if it does not currently meet county street standards for safety, mobility and drainage. Substandard roads are often built along with a development and are unpaved.
A half-mile stretch of Walsh Tarlton Lane from Bee Cave Road to Wilderness Drive was repaved and repainted from Nov. 18-22. The details The project cost $2 million and was funded by the city of Austin’s 2018 bond, which set aside $160 million for dozens of transportation projects throughout Austin.
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weekly starting in November until mid-February 2024. Meetings will be open to the public and held in the evening. Committee members may need to appear at several Travis County Commis- sioners Court meetings to update the court on their progress. The county accepted applications from residents by a Nov. 17 deadline. The applicants had to be Travis County residents, have no delinquent taxes and could not work for a company that would profit from the selected projects.
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