BY HALEY MCLEOD
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The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is an independent government agency, which was created in 2002 to improve the transportation system in Travis and Williamson counties. Today, the agency is responsible for managing and collecting toll fares on many of the toll and express lanes in the Austin area, including 183A Toll, Hwy. 290 Toll, Hwy. 71 Toll Lane, SH 45 Toll, US 183 Toll and the MoPac Express Lanes. The fares collected are used in the manage- ment and operation of the roadways, including things like road maintenance, administration costs, future transportation projects and debt repayments. The 183A Phase 3 project was financed by the selling of bonds backed by toll revenue and a loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to Mobility Authority spokesperson Sylvia Shelton.
Average yearly weekday toll transactions Since the 183A Toll extended into Leander in 2012, toll transactions have seen a noted increase.
250,000
140% increase
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
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NOTE: THE 2023 AND 2024 AVERAGE TRANSACTION DATA IS BASED ON PRELIMINARY DATA. SOURCE: CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
The takeaway
which nearly doubled over the past five years— expected to reach over 18,000 students in 2033. “If you can get land in an area that’s a future growth corridor, then not only do you have a school in the right location, but you bought it at yesterday’s price, which is always beneficial to everybody,” Superintendent Steven Snell previously told Community Impact. Chloe Young contributed to this story.
Visitor Center, during the toll extension groundbreaking. “Projects like this provide valuable infrastructure to our region, and it’s that infrastructure that keeps us growing.” City documents show that Leander had 27,718 homes in 2024 and expects to add another 6,818—a 25% increase—over the next five years. Liberty Hill also shows similar indicators of growth, with the school district’s enrollment—
Property values along the 183A Toll have grown by more than $1.2 billion since 2010, according to Mobility Authority data. Local real estate metrics from Unlock MSL show the median price of homes in the area have increased nearly twofold over the last decade. “The reason for [the corridor’s growth] is projects exactly like the 183A Phase 3 expansion,” said Bridget Brandt, president of Leander Chamber of Commerce and
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