Transportation
BY KATY MCAFEE
relocation of ramps and the addition of two HOV managed lanes in each direction between Ben White Boulevard and SH 45. Update: Crews are reconstructing the Onion Creek bridge and building beams for the elevated lanes. • Timeline: November 2022-28 • Cost: $548 million • Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation 4 William Cannon Drive improvements Project: The project involves adding new travel and shared-use path lanes, updating traffic signals and making drainage improvements on William Cannon Drive from Running Water Drive to McKinney Falls Parkway. Update: Crews are adding new traffic signals at Running Water Drive and Janes Ranch Road, making drainage improvements, and building shared-use paths and a new bridge over Marble Creek.
CIRCLE DR.
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OLD FREDERICKSBURG RD.
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MOPAC
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JANES RANCH RD.
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BLUFF SPRINGS RD.
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• Timeline: 2023-26 • Cost: $21.37 million
RUNNING WATER DR.
• Funding source: 2016 mobility bond 5 Oak Hill Parkway Project
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Project: Crews will add 27 bridges, construct 14 miles of shared-use paths and widen Hwy. 290 up to 12 lanes from Circle Drive to MoPac. Update: In April, crews opened the eastbound Hwy. 290 frontage road and mainlanes from William Cannon Drive to Old Fredericksburg Road. Crews are making utility relocations along Hwy. 71 and constructing frontage roads, shared-use paths and a bridge wall.
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• Timeline: 2021-26 • Cost: $674 million • Funding source: TxDOT
Upcoming projects
Ongoing projects
1 South First Street and Stassney Lane safety project Project: Crews will add new protected bike lanes, crosswalks, sidewalks and Americans with Disabilities Act curb ramps; extend and widen medians; and improve access for drivers turning in and out of driveways. The project will also increase transit options with an added bus stop for southbound routes on Stassney Lane. • Timeline: May-December • Cost: $1.4 million • Funding sources: 2018 bond, intersection safety and bikeway programs
2 South Congress Avenue and Stassney Lane safety project Project: Crews are adding new left-turn lanes, bike and pedestrian lanes, signal upgrades and six new bus stops. Update: Lane closures began along South Congress Avenue in mid-April as crews build a concrete median. • Timeline: April 2023-summer 2024 • Cost: $4.9 million • Funding sources: city of Austin Mobility Bond and Capital Metro 3 I-35 Capital Express South project Project: This involves the reconstruction of bridges,
Completed projects
6 Bluff Springs Road Project: The project added new traffic signals, protected bikeway connections, pedestrian crossings, transit stops and intersection safety improvements on Bluff Springs Road from William Cannon Drive to the Austin city limits. Update: The construction improved access to nearby schools, bus stops, parks and stores. • Timeline: September 2023-March 2024 • Cost: $2.5 million • Funding sources: 2018 and 2022 mobility bonds
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