TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Study underway for widening, upgrades on Hwy. 79 As Round Rock, Hutto and the surrounding area continue to expand, o cials are working to ensure a major corridor running through the area can handle the growth. In addition to a plan from the Texas Department of Transportation to HUTTO 1460 PROJECT STUDY A study on how to improve an 18-mile stretch of Hwy. 79 running through Hutto is underway and should advance to a project development stage by December.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 29. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT PFHNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. following P ugerville City Council’s approval of a $176,159 professional services agreement in July. Improve- ments will include adding streetlights, water mains, re hydrants and under- ground utilities. A new street called Grant Street will also be added to the north side of the subdivision. Timeline: TBD Cost: TBD Funding source: city of P ugerville Historic Colored Addition street improvements in P ugerville A project constructing several improve- ments to P ugerville’s Historic Colored Addition on Russell Street, Caldwells Lane, Taylor Street and Lincoln Avenue is set to advance to the bidding phase
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improve a section of Hwy. 79 in Round Rock, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is conducting a corridor study on an 18-mile section of Hwy. 79 that runs through Hutto, from A.W. Grimes Boulevard in Round Rock to FM 619 in Taylor. That section of the highway is one of several regional corridors being evaluated, according to CAMPO Community Outreach Coordinator Doise Miers. “CAMPO is undergoing evaluation of a number of corridors throughout the six-county region to assist [the Texas Department of Transportation] with preliminary planning and some early design and engineering,” Miers said. “With the CAMPO region grow- ing so rapidly, these corridor studies
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will identify needs and help prepare for future improvements.” Miers said CAMPO’s Transporta- tion Policy Board began discussing the corridors in 2021, and that action led to additional requests for the Hwy. 79 study. During a July CAMPO Technical Advisory Committee meeting, proj- ect consultants with BGE Inc. said the next steps for the study include
the updates to its draft of evaluation criteria, and shared a timeline for the project. Planning and project development for the study is set for December, according to information from CAMPO. Timeline: TBD Cost: TBD Funding source: unfunded
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