TRANSPORTATION UPDATES City of Austin starts school safety projects
COMPILED BY KATY MCAFEE
ONGOING PROJECTS
INITIAL SCHOOL SAFETY PROJECTS
The city of Austin will make street safety upgrades at 19 campuses. It is starting with the following six:
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Dobie College Prep Academy : New sidewalks on multiple street segments, pedestrian islands, curb extensions, new bus stops and a shared use path
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The city is ramping up transpor- tation safety upgrades at 19 schools throughout Austin as part of its Safe Routes to School program, as Austin Independent School District students returned to school Aug. 14. Crews are currently working on six projects that will improve sidewalks, crosswalks, intersections and bike lanes. The city will launch 13 addi- tional projects in the fall. Austin has finished over 400 projects at over 100 schools since the program began in 2017. The improvements come as the Texas Department of Transportation urges drivers statewide to slow down in local school zones. In 2022, there were 746 traffic crashes in Texas school zones, resulting in 23 serious injuries, according to TxDOT.
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 11. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SWANEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. and Public Works Department are working on safety improvements at the intersection of North Lamar Bou- levard and West Koenig Lane. In the last five years, there have been more than 150 crashes at the intersection, according to city data. The work will add a median on the right turn from westbound Koenig Lane; extend me- dians on West Koenig Lane and create two new pedestrian crossings; and im- prove signals, ramps and crosswalks. Timeline: May 2023-Sept. 2023 Cost: $325,000 Funding source: 2016 mobility bond Intersection improvements Crews with the Austin Transportation
N Anderson High School : New sidewalks, new curb ramps and school driveway reconstruction
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Pecan Springs Elementary School : New and rehabilitated sidewalks
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B Murchison Middle School: New sidewalks on multiple street segments, pedestrian islands, curb extensions, new bus stops and a shared use path A Doss Elementary School: New and rehabilitated sidewalks, new shared- use path, pedestrian island, curb extension and new bus stops
N Martin Middle School : New curb ramps, curb extensions, a pedestrian crossing island and rebuilt bus stops
SOURCE: THE AUSTIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND A PUBLIC WORKS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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