San Marcos - Buda - Kyle Edition | October 2022

TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Construction reaches 1-year mark on I35

COMPILED BY ZARA FLORES & CHRISTOPHER GREEN

COMPLETED PROJECT

SUNBRIGHT BLVD.

2001

I-35 at Hwy. 123 surpassed its one- year mark since construction began on the project. The project consists of intersection improvements at I-35 and Hwy. 123 and ramp reversals between Hwy. 80 and RM 12. The project began in August 2021 and is scheduled to be completed by 2025. The project is funded by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and will cost $107 million. The project will consist of recon- structing and improving the Hwy. 123 intersection, reversing two ramps along the northbound frontage road between Hwy. 80 and Hwy. 123, reversing one entrance ramp along the

FM 2001 West realignment Ocials announced Sept. 14 the completion of the FM 2001 West re- alignment project in the Buda Suneld Development. The project includes a four-lane extension along with realign- ment from Sunbright Boulevard to the existing FM 2001, a wider median, bike lanes, sidewalks, pavement markings and more. Timeline: June 2021-September 2022 Cost: $6 million Funding source: Hays County

Road work continues in San Marcos near the Hwy. 123 and I35 underpass. (Eric Weilbacher/Community Impact)

southbound frontage road between Hwy. 80 and Hwy. 123, and relocating the entrance ramp along the south- bound frontage road from Hwy. 80. The northbound frontage road from Hwy. 80 to RM 12 is open for trac. Four of the ve bridges being con- structed have been completed.

UPCOMING PROJECT

Timeline: 2021-25 Cost: $107 million Funding sources: TxDOT, CAMPO

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KYLE CROSSING

KOHLERS CROSSING

Dacy Lane improvements moving forward in Kyle Hays County’s trans-

Kyle, Kohlers crossings upgrade Kyle City Council approved a task order Sept. 20 for the CP&Y Inc. engineering rm to prepare construction plans, es- timates and contracts for trac signal installations at Kohlers Crossing and Kyle Crossing. CP&Y will be responsible for surveying and planning the project, producing cost estimates, constructing the trac signal system and more. There are stop signs for the time being.

HILLSIDE TERRACE

in each direction and a center turn lane. The purpose of the project is to have four lanes with two-way turn lanes from Bebee to Amberwood in front of Chapa Middle School. According to Eric Moreno, Project Engi- neer for Hays County, the project is 59% completed. Moreno said the proj- ect is now in Phase 2 of

construction with Phase 3 expected to begin in May 2023. The project also includes the implemen- tation of a shared-use path that adds sidewalks and illumination from Bebee Road to Amber- wood Loop. Project timeline: 2021-23 Cost: $19.5 million Funding source: Hays County 2016 road bond

portation department will begin work recon- structing and expanding the existing two-lane roadway from Bebee Road to Hillside Terrace. From Bebee to Amberwood Loop there will be ve lanes, two in each direction plus a center turn lane, and from Amberwood to Hillside there will be three lanes with one

Timeline: TBD Cost: $78,761 Funding source: city of Kyle

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AMBERWOOD LOOP

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