TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES Craddock Ave. bike lane project reduces lanes
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The city of San Marcos began work on a pilot bicycle lane project along Craddock Avenue in mid-March as part of the city’s master transporta- tion plan concerning bicycle transit. The city reduced car lanes from four to two lanes on a portion of Craddock Avenue from Old RR 12 to North Bishop Street as part of the six-month pilot project with bu ered bike lanes in each direction. Repaving of the road began in March. On Jan. 4, City Council approved a second stretch of bu ered bike lanes on Sessom Drive fromHolland Street to North LBJ Drive, but that project does not have a scheduled timeline. “One of the advantages of what we’re trying to do is that we’re working within our existing pavement
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The Craddock Avenue bike lane pilot project began in mid-March.
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RM 150 improvements Several contracts were recently ap- proved by the Texas Department of Transportation to increase safety and mobility throughout Central Texas. Work is slated to begin this summer on improvements on RM 150 in Hays County. Six-foot shoulders will be constructed along portions of the road. Timeline: summer 2022-summer 2023 Cost: $3.6 million Funding source: TxDOT
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limits. And so it’s basically just striping that we’re using to implement this,” said Richard Reynosa, assistant director of engineering for the city, during the Jan. 4 council meeting. The city plans to use that six- month period to study tra c issues, such as congestion and speeding. Findings of the study are to be sent to City Council by the end of October. Reynosa said the city’s tra c count studies show the reduction in tra c caused by reducing lanes would be manageable with current tra c ow
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and patterns. City Council could ultimately opt to revert the road back to four car lanes. “If we nd that it’s not working, it’s just striping to revert it back,” Reynosa said.
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TxDOT breaks ground on FM 110 N. project
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TxDOT Public Infor- mation O cer Bradley Wheelis told Commu- nity Impact Newspaper in an email. The FM 110 North project is the last of three projects meant to complete a loop on the east side of San Marcos. A new roadway will be constructed with a travel lane in each direction, 10-foot shoulders from
SH 80 and I-35, and a bridge over SH 21.
Downtown Kyle road closures The city of Kyle began roadwork repairs in March on Rodriguez, Barrera, Selvera, Tenorio, Moreno and Deleon streets, closing roads one at a time. Timeline: March-May 2022 Cost: $69,500 Funding source: city of Kyle
Hays County, San Marcos and the Texas Department of Trans- portation held a ground- breaking ceremony for the FM 110 North project March 1. Hays County Commis- sioner Debbie Ingalsbe championed the project, and the county paid for the project planning and right of way acquisition,
The 6.5-mile road will connect to the southern and middle sections of the road and create a new section of roadway from SH 80 to I-35. Timeline: March 2021- spring 2024 Cost: $36.5 million Funding sources: Hays County, TxDOT
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MARCH 29. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SBKNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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