Round Rock Edition | February 2025

293M, 5 years of road work underway in east Round Rock From the cover

WYOMING SPRINGS DR. Project details: two-lane roadway reconstructed, a bridge constructed at the McNutt Creek water crossing 5 Gattis School Road Segment 3 Project start: August 2024 Estimated completion: September 2026 Project details: four-lane roadway will be widened to six lanes, a raised center median throughout WYOMING SPRINGS DR. Project details: road widened from two to four lanes, sidewalks, a median for north- and southbound trac 4 Harrell Parkway Project start: October 2024 Estimated completion: November 2025 Under construction 1 Old Settlers Blvd. extension to CR 110 Project start: Dec. 17, 2024 Estimated completion: January 2026 Project details: right- and left-turn lanes east- and westbound, divided medians, trac and pedestrian A East B West Project start: January 2025 Estimated completion: July 2027 (East), January 2027 (West) Project details: two-lane road expanded to a six-lane divided arterial with sidewalks signals, shared-use path and sidewalk 2 CR 112/Avery Nelson Boulevard 3 Red Bud Lane North Project start: January 2025 Estimated completion: February 2027 Project details: two-lane roadway will initially be expanded to a three-lane rural section with a middle turn lane 7 Red Bud Lane South Estimated completion: dependent upon Gattis School Road Segment 6, will take 30 months to complete Project details: expanding to a ve-lane divided arterial with a continuous left-turn lane 8 Kenney Fort Boulevard A Segment 5 B Segment 6 Estimated completion: winter 2028 (Segment 5), summer 2029 (Segment 6) Project details: two-lane road expanding to a six-lane divided arterial with sidewalks 9 Gattis School Road Future projects 6 CR 118 Estimated completion: 2027

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side are part of a larger $1.9 billion transportation master plan, which was updated in 2023. A closer look Creating additional capacity along constrained roadways is one issue the city is taking head-on, as right-of-way-constrained streets like Gattis School Road and Red Bud Lane enter dierent stages in the widening process. A constrained roadway means there is limited room on either side to widen it, and some designs must be recon gured. One of the ways this will be done, Pohlmeyer said, is by removing the center turn lanes from sections of the road, such as on Gattis School Road. Gattis School Road and Red Bud Lane will be constructed out to six and four lanes, respectively. Projects underway are what Pohlmeyer said are “ultimate sections,” or as wide as they will be able to be built. He said they will accommodate the city’s projected build-out of 270,000-330,000 residents.

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The big picture The 13 road projects set to be completed over the next ve years make up a collection of extensions, connections between existing roads and widenings to allow for increased trac capacity, said Michael Thane, director of public works. He said the timing of these projects comes in anticipation of growth in the city’s northeast and addressing constraints in the southeast. Another factor is the availability of funding secured by city ocials, said Gerald Pohlmeyer, the city’s capital improvement program manager. “The council that we have now has put a high priority on getting funding to build out a number of these arterials,” he said. “We knew development was going to continue to come. As long as we can build out these arterials, it should keep our level of service close to where it is now.” The $293 million in road projects for the city’s east

A Segment 2 B Segment 4 C Segment 5 D Segment 6

Estimated completion: spring 2028 (Segment 2), fall 2027 (segments 4 and 5), March 2027 (Segment 6) Project details: expand the section of road and improve pedestrian facilities, widen the four- lane roadway to a six-lane major divided arterial, improvements to sidewalks and bike paths

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