TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Lakeway City Council amends golf cart ordinance 2322
REGIONAL PROJECTS
45 TOLL
BEE CREEK RD.
MOPAC
COLORADO RIVER
620
183
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LOHMANS CROSSING RD.
CROSS CREEK
BY TAYLOR CRIPE
LAKEWAY BLVD.
LAKEWAY DR.
620
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Lakeway City Council amended the city’s golf cart ordinance without implementing an annual registration fee for golf cart use during its Oct. 17 regular meeting. While Texas law restricts golf cart use to roads within 5 miles of a driver’s home with 35 miles per hour and under speed limits, the law also gives municipalities the ability to amend their ordinances if roads have the appropriate speed and carts stay within city limits. Under Lakeway’s revised ordi- nance, golf carts may operate on most city roads with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less during daytime hours. License plates are required if a golf cart is operating on a street. Golf carts are still not permitted on RM 620, Hwy. 71, Bee
HIGHLANDS BLVD.
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US 183 North Starting in October through April 30, the U-turn at US 183 northbound front- age road and RM 620 will be closed from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. The closure is due to the road construction of express lanes and nontolled lanes under Phase 1 of the US 183 North Mobility Project. Timeline: January 2022-2026 Cost: $612 million Funding sources: Texas Department of Transportation, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
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SERENE HILLS DR.
LOHMANS SPUR RD.
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FLINT ROCK RD.
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RESTRICTED RIDING Golf cart use on the following roadways remains prohibited in Lakeway.
Lakeway Drive from Lakeway Boulevard and Cross Creek Lohmans Spur Road between RM 620 and Lohmans Crossing
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Bee Creek Road 4 Flint Rock Road 5
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Hwy. 71, including the right-of-way RM 620, including the right-of-way
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Serene Hills Drive 3
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290
SOURCE: CITY OF LAKEWAY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
MONTEREY OAKS BLVD.
Regional road tolls to increase Jan. 1 Creek Road, Flint Rock Road, Serene Hills Drive, and certain sections of Lakeway Drive and Lohmans Spur. The city will put signage indicating which shared-use paths are golf cart accessible over the next few months.
OLD FREDERICKSBURG RD.
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WESTCREEK DR.
Oak Hill Parkway construction As part of the larger Oak Hill Parkway widening, there will be continuous right-lane closure on the westbound Hwy. 290 frontage road from Monte- rey Oaks Boulevard to Old Fredericks- burg Road through Jan. 20. Construc- tion schedules are fluid and will adapt
HIGHER ANNUAL INCREASE Tolls for roads under the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority will increase 8.2%.
BY GRACE DICKENS
Toll rates for the 183A Toll will increase 4-14 cents, depending on the toll plaza, while rates for MoPac will go up 5 cents. Rates on 290 Toll will increase 5-11 cents, while rates on East Hwy. 71 and SH 45SW will increase 8 cents and 9 cents, respectively. 183 South will see an increase of 5-11 cents. The approved increases are the largest in several years, Mobility Authority data shows.
Drivers can expect to pay 4-14 cents more per toll plaza on a handful of regional roadways in 2023 as the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority updates its rates for the upcoming year. Effective Jan. 1, the 8.2% toll increase applies to the following roadways: 183A Toll, 183 South, 290 Toll, East Hwy. 71, MoPac and SH 45SW.
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
+8.2%
to time and weather delays. Timeline: July 2021-2026 Cost: $674 million Funding source : TxDOT
$0.15
$0.12
+5.39%
$0.09
$0.06
+2.23% +2.27% +1.71%
+1.46%
$0.03
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF NOV. 1. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT LTWNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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SOURCE: CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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