Transportation
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
Public comment period on future I-35 work open The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a virtual open house to gather community input on future improvements to I-35 between Austin and San Antonio through March 8. The gist A Planning and Environmental Linkage study is evaluating potential improvements along I-35 from SH 45 near Buda to Cibolo Valley Drive, according to a news release. The study will focus on how to best connect the I-35 Capital Express South project in Travis County to the I-35 Northeast Expansion project in Guadalupe County and identify projects that can be developed in the future. The backstory At a recent transportation summit held by regional and state leaders in San Marcos on Feb. 20, Marc D. Williams, the executive director of
I-35 turnaround at FM 725 work suspended The Texas Department of Transportation expects to resume work on the I-35 turn- around at FM 725 this spring. Tanya Brown, a spokesperson for TxDOT, said the timeline was pushed back due to material delays. The backstory That follows a delay last year due to a change in the contractor. Work is expected to resume on the $5.1 million project in late spring and be completed by summer 2025.
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TxDOT, said the state is seeing about 1,300 people move in every day, and a significant number chooses the Austin-San Antonio corridor. “The work will never conclude on Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio,” Williams said. “I can say that pretty, pretty definitively. The Texas Department of Transportation [will] work with partners ... along with local level folks of the counties and the cities to understand your needs.” Information regarding the study presentations and how to leave a comment is available at www.txdot.gov and search for “I-35 link study.”
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Landa Street underpass reconstruction delayed A project that would have rerouted traffic in and out of downtown New Braunfels away from Landa Street has been delayed for the foreseeable future as plans are reevaluated.
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place 24 hours a day and last about three weeks. What’s next? According to the city, Landa Street was going to be closed from West Zink Street to the Wurstfest driveway, allowing for access to Landa Park Drive. “This project is pushed back while engineers consider moving the retaining wall further back,” TXDOT Spokesperson Tanya Brown said.
According to the Texas Department of Trans- portation, the agency planned on shutting down the Landa Street railroad underpass near the West Zink Street intersection Feb. 12. According to city of New Braunfels staff, the closure was to be in
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