San Marcos - Buda - Kyle Edition | May 2022

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ONGOING PROJECTS

1626

BOND POTENTIAL

CHERRYWOOD

Kohlers Crossing extension

Marketplace Ave. extension

1626

While the projects planned for the November bond are not set in stone and could change after the preliminary reports, these are the projects planned thus far.

LEISUREWOODS DR.

KYLE

KYLE PKWY.

150

Lehman Rd. extension

Trac lights on FM 1626 Hays County announced April 14 that trac lights will be installed on FM 1626 at two points, Jerrys Lane and Leisurewoods Drive. The new trac lights will help with safety and trac challenges along the highway, accord- ing to Commissioner Mark Jones. Timeline: Through May 2022 Cost: $136,590 for the Leisurewoods Drive light, Jerrys Lane cost TBD Funding source : Texas Department of Transportation

Kyle Pkwy. extension

New construction/ road extensions

BUNTON CREEK RD.

RR 158 extension

Upgrades to existing roads

Goforth Rd. extension

SOURCE: CITY OF KYLE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

158

150

Preliminarywork begins for $100million road bond At a meeting April 19, the Kyle City Council approved the city manager double the amount of road projects and will either upgrade existing

so this entire scal year has been in anticipation of a road bond,” Mayor Travis Mitchell told Community Impact Newspaper . Mitchell added that this will be the biggest bond in the city’s history to keep up with the growth as the population has nearly doubled in the past six years. “Every project should be bigger than the project before because we’re not the little town we used to be,” Mitchell said. “We absolutely need to build roads. Not just any roads, well-engineered roads.” The city’s previous road bond in 2013 was $36 million for work on ve roads. The 2022 bond could be about

to negotiate agreements with six engineering rms to create prelimi- nary reports for a 2022 road bond to be on the November ballot. The city will pay up to $1.5 million from the general fund for prelimi- nary reports from Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc.; RPS Infrastructure, Inc.; Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.; BGE, Inc.; Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, Inc.; and American Struc- turepoint, Inc. Each rm is tasked to study one road identied for the bond project. “It was originally going to be a 2021 bond, but we just weren’t ready

roads or construct new extensions, according to agenda documents. While the amount of the bond has not been conrmed, Mitchell spec- ulated at the City Council meeting it could be around $100 million. The preliminary engineering reports will gather information regarding project challenges and opportunities, develop a preliminary schedule for project development and rene cost estimates for each road being studied. “The goal is twice the roads in half the time from the 2013 bond,” Mitchell said.

ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF APRIL 29. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SBKNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. Guadalupe Street improvements Sidewalk and landscaping improve- ments are ongoing on Guadalupe Street from MLK Drive to the railroad tracks including irrigation work and electric infrastructure. The improve- ments are set to be completed some- time in May. Timeline: March 2021-May 2022 Cost: $838,981 Funding source : city of San Marcos

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