New Braunfels Edition | August 2024

Transportation

BY SHAHERYAR KHAN & ERIC WEILBACHER

Upcoming projects

1 Goodwin/Conrads lanes reconstruction Project: Full reconstruction of the two connecting roads will include sidewalks, curbs utilities and drainage. Update: The projects are progressing through their respective design phases, said Scott McClelland, assistant director of transportation and capital improvements for the city of New Braunfels. • Timeline: beginning late 2024 • Cost: $24.3 million • Funding source: 2019 bond 2 McQueeney Road repairs Project: Spot repairs of the roadway base and a complete mill and overlay of the road will take place later this year, from I-35 to County Line Road. Update: New Braunfels Utilities completed its McQueeney Road 24-inch water line project in 2023. • Timeline: beginning fall 2024 • Cost: $1.8 million • Funding source: 2023 bond 3 South Union Avenue improvements Project: There will be roadway rehabilitation from Common Street to Lincoln Street, which will include pedestrian and intersection improvements. Update: The project design is nearing completion, and construction is to begin soon. • Timeline: bidding later this summer, construction fall 2024–TBD • Cost: $2.5 million • Funding source: 2023 bond citywide streets program

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4 Klein Road expansion Project: Crews continue to work on the expansion of Klein Road from Walnut Avenue to FM 725, incorporating increased lane capacity. Update: The project is ongoing as construction continues and is on track to be complete soon. Lane closures and diversions to one lane will continue. • Timeline: May 2023-fall 2024 • Cost: $17.2 million

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of Transportation. Update: Construction crews have begun paving the roadway for the turnaround and installing a raised curb. • Timeline: January 2022-August 2024 • Cost: $5.4 million • Funding sources: State and federal

5 I-35 turnaround at FM 725 Project: Reconstruction work continues on the I-35 southbound to northbound turnaround at FM 725, said Tanya Brown, a spokesperson for the Texas Department

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