Transportation
BY HALEY MCLEOD
Next round of I-35 construction begins
Airport breaks ground on parking garage Airport and city officials broke ground on a new parking garage at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Feb. 28. The details Marking another milestone in the parade of projects coming online for the airport’s sweeping multimillion-dollar expansion, the new parking garage will add an estimated 7,000 spaces, as well as electric vehicle charging stations and smart parking and toll gate technologies. Other project highlights include roadway realignment, additional lanes on Presiden- tial Boulevard and an enclosed pedestrian bridge connecting Yellow and Blue Garages. The Economy Lot B parking closed this month. The project will finish in 2027, according to airport officials.
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The Texas Department of Transportation announced the next phase of construction to begin along I-35 between Holly Street and Hwy. 71 in Central Austin as the agency moves forward the next segment of its planned I-35 overhaul. A closer look The road work falls under TxDOT’s $4.5 billion I-35 Capital Express Central project, which broke ground last October. The undertaking will add two nontolled high-occupancy-vehicle, or HOV, lanes stretching roughly 8 miles from Hwy. 290 to the north down to Hwy. 71 to the south. The I-35 facelift will also see the removal of the upper decks, sink portions of the roadway and widen the corridor to a range of 17-22 lanes. The segment of work along Lady Bird Lake includes: • The reconstruction of the Lady Bird Lake bridge
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• Construction of road configuration at Riverside Drive that will accommodate future Capital Metro light rail routes • Adding a pedestrian-only bridge at Woodland Avenue • Bicycle and pedestrian paths and improvements along the corridor The $630 million Lady Bird Lake stretch has been contracted to international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty.
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