Transportation
BY KATY MCAFEE
Upcoming projects
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1 Common Street widening Project: The project scope includes widening Common Street to four lanes with sidewalks, improving drainage, installing new traffic signals, and making intersection improvements between Loop 337 and Gruene Road. The project was approved in the city’s May bond election. Update: The city of New Braunfels is drafting a right-of- way map and nearing 30% schematic design. The final design is expected to be completed in fall 2024, and right-of-way acquisition and relocations are expected to take place through mid-2026. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: $24.78 million • Funding source: May 2023 bond
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Ongoing projects
2 I-35 and FM 725 intersection improvements
Project: The project consists of installing additional operational turn lanes by grading, building structures and surfacing the roadway at the intersection of FM 725 and I-35. Update: The Texas Department of Transportation suspended its improvement project for the holiday season. Construction will resume in January, and the project will be completed by fall 2024, according to TxDOT. • Timeline: June 2022-fall 2024 • Cost: $6 million • Funding source: Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, TxDOT 3 FM 725 widening Project: The project scope includes widening FM 725 from East Zipp Road to County Line Road and improving intersections along the corridor. Update: TxDOT crews are paving, connecting driveways and installing culverts on the southbound side of FM 725 from East Zipp Road to County Line Road. • Timeline: December 2021-2023 • Cost: $10.9 million • Funding source: TxDOT
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Completed projects
4 FM 306 improvements Project: The project scope includes repaving, restriping and improving FM 306. Update: Crews completed the seal coat on the newly paved FM 306 from Grand Pass to Gruene Haven. Crews will restripe the road and paint pavement markers this winter. • Timeline: Not available as of press time • Cost: Not available as of press time • Funding source: TxDOT
5 FM 1044 improvements Project: The project scope included repaving and repairing FM 1044 from I-35 to the Guadalupe and Comal county line. Update: TxDOT completed work on the project this fall. • Timeline: Completed 2023 • Cost: $1.2 million • Funding source: TxDOT
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