Lake Travis - Westlake Edition | July 2025

Transportation

BY HALEY MCLEOD & KAROLINE PFEIL

TxDOT shares Loop 360 construction updates As construction work continues on Loop 360, Texas Department of Transportation ocials are sharing tips for navigating altered trac patterns. The overview Intersection improvements for Loop 360 include: Lakewood Drive and Spicewood Springs Road; Westlake Drive and Cedar Street; Courtyard Drive and RM 2222; Bee Caves Road; and MoPac to Bee Caves Road. The Westlake Drive and Cedar Street project to add an underpass is ongoing, with all other projects still in pre-construction phases. The Westlake Drive Loop 360 crossover is currently closed for excavation work and bridge construction. Loop 360 mainlines remain open. Drivers heading west on Westlake Drive will need to detour to Cedar Street and make a U-turn to get across Loop 360. Those heading east will

South MoPac toll project prioritized The MoPac South toll extension was approved as one of several priority projects in the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority ve-year capital improvement plan and budget for scal year 2025-26. Approved June 25, the item included design and engineering funding for MoPac South express lanes for $3.69 million. The background After receiving the initial green light in 2013 to evaluate an 8-mile stretch of MoPac South from Cesar Chavez Street to Slaughter Lane, the agency dialed in on plans for up to two new toll lanes in either direction with an elevated overpass, referred to as Alternative 2C. Project construction is estimated to cost around $1 billion with work slated to begin in 2027.

Westlake Drive and Cedar Street project

Pennybacker Bridge boat ramp

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Cedar St. & Loop 360

Westlake Dr. & Loop 360

need to detour to a signal installed near the Shell station at 3310 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., and make a U-turn. Drivers parking near the Pennybacker Bridge boat ramp should avoid parking on sidewalks, medians and construction zones, according to a TxDOT news release. Boat ramp parking is limited.

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