TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES Barton Skyway ramp project to begin in January
TxDOT to improve stretch of Hwy. 71 beginning in June
BY SUMAIYA MALIK
LAKE AUSTIN BLVD.
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is work- ing to improve southbound MoPac at Barton Skyway to ease congestion issues. Construction is expected to begin in January and will take about a year. The nontolled project will cost $10 million and is funded by the Mobility Authority. The plan will need a nal approval from the board of directors. After approval, the agency can seek construction bids for the project. Communications Director Jori Liu said the agency has been working on the project for a long time. The improvements include adding pavement for auxiliary and merge lanes on southbound MoPac from Barton Skyway to Loop 360, an acceleration lane for the southbound Barton Skyway entrance ramp and three
BY SUMAIYA MALIK
The Texas Department of Transportation is planning to start work this summer on numerous projects to widen and improve highways in Travis and Hays counties, including Hwy. 71 between the Pedernales River and the Travis County line. The Texas Transpor- tation Commission, the governing board for the TxDOT, approved con- tracts for funding totaling $21.3 million, and work is expected to take about a year. Funding will come from private companies or TxDOT. As part of this, Hunter Industries will construct a center turn lane and shoulders on the 3.4-mile stretch. Construction will begin by June and nish
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in fall 2022 or early 2023. The project will cost $12.8 million. Projects on FM 1626, RM 150 and CR 190 were also approved and are scheduled to nish in summer 2023. The work on FM 1626, RM 150 and the CR 190 bridge are being improved because of increased tra c, said Christopher Bishop, TxDOT public information o cer.
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dedicated through-tra c lanes at Loop 360. These improvements will allow tra c to enter MoPac more easily fromWinsted Lane, En eld Road, Bee Caves Road and Barton Skyway. During peak hours, tra c merging onto southbound MoPac at Barton Skyway and Bee Caves entrance ramps gets backed up to
the Winsted and En eld entrance, causing tra c to slow down considerably on southbound MoPac and also causing an additional spillover on major roads that feed into it. Once work is complete, travel time is expected to improve by 40% and allow for an additional 770 vehicles during rush hour, according to the Mobility Authority.
Median upgrades to cause nightly closures onRM620 in Lakeway
LAKE TRAVIS
BY GRACE DICKENS
LAKEWAY BLVD.
during the nighttime hours until the project is complete, which the city estimates will take a few weeks. At the end of April, the Texas Department of Transportation began work with South Travis Maintenance to clean and prepare the medians for painting in the rst week of May.
While the cleaning and preparation process lasted a few days, the city estimates that the painting process will likely take a few weeks. After the painting portion of the project is complete, new pavement markers and delineators will be put in place, according to the city.
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Work on RM 620 medians will result in some nighttime lane closures until mid-May, according to the city of Lakeway. At least one lane will be open in each direction on RM 620, but the city anticipates some minor tra c
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