Transportation
BY HALEY MCLEOD
• Timeline: segment C2 construction expected to begin in mid-November, C3 construction expected to begin in summer 2026, C4 construction expected to begin in spring 2026 • Cost: $13.8million (C2), $23 million (C3), $16 million (C4) • Funding source: 2016 Mobility Bond 3 I 35 Capital Express Central Project Project: The Texas Department of Transportation’s $4.5 billion I-35 Capital Express Central project, which broke ground last October, will add two nontolled high- occupancy-vehicle lanes stretching roughly 8 miles from Hwy. 290 to the north down to Hwy. 71 to the south. The I-35 facelift will also see the removal of the upper decks, sink portions of the roadway about 25 feet below ground level and widen the corridor to a range of 17-22 lanes. Update: The northbound I-35 entrance ramp at 15th Street and the southbound upper deck exit to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are permanently closed, with limited lane access on the bridge through late 2025 with occasional nighttime closures. • Timeline: 2024-2026 • Cost: $34.4 million • Funding sources: TxDOT, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Ongoing projects
MOPAC
FAR WEST BLVD.
183
1 US 183 North Mobility Project Project: The project aims to relieve congestion along 183 North—the 9-mile section of road between MoPac and SH 45—by adding two toll lanes in each direction that will connect to the existing tolls on MoPac and US 183A in Cedar Park. Update: The southbound MoPac exit for Far West Boulevard is expected to remain closed through the remainder of 2025. • Timeline: summer2025-spring 2026 • Cost: Total project cost $612 million • Funding source: Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority 2 Burnet Road Mobility Program Project: Includes updated tra c signals, improved crossings, bus stop improvements, trail connections, curb extensions, drainage improvements, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant shared-use paths, raised medians and more on Burnet Road from White Horse Trail to US 183 (known as segment C2), Bright Verde Way to MoPac (C3) and US 183 to Bright Verde Way (C4). Update: Work will begin on segment C2 at Burnet Road and Koenig Lane and continue north to just south of US 183. Final design is complete for segments C3 and C4 and the two projects have gone to bid.
35
1
MOPAC
BRIGHT VERDE WAY
2
360
290
WHITE HORSE TRL.
183
W. KOENIG LN.
E. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD.
Austin
3
MOPAC
15TH ST.
E. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD.
35
71
35
N MAP NOT TO SCALE
SOURCE: CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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