Transportation
BY SHAHERYAR KHAN
Construction began on the Common Street Pedestrian Improvement Project Sept. 3, according to city documents. The background The $1.6 million project, funded by the New Braunfels Economic Development Corporation and the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, aims to enhance pedestrian ameni- ties along Common Street from Liberty Avenue to Loop 337, according to the release. The key details for the project include: • Installation of 5- to 6-foot-wide sidewalks on both sides of Common Street Construction on Common Street begins
back towards Liberty Avenue. How we got here
• New Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps for accessibility • Enhanced crosswalks • Two new beacons at Central Avenue and East Avenue • Updated driveway approaches for local property owners The approach Drivers should prepare for minor delays due to lane closures from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day, accord- ing to the release. Property owners in the projected area have already been noti ed, as per the release. The construction plan, according to the release, will happen in two phases and will take approxi- mately four months: • Phase 1: Work will start on the south side of Common Street at Washington Avenue and move eastward. The outside lane will be closed for two to three blocks at a time. • Phase 2: Once the south side is completed, construction will shift to the north side, working
Pedestrian improvements on Common Street 1 Northside of Common St. from Washington Ave. to Loop 337 2 Southside of Common St. from Loop 337 to Liberty Ave.
The Common Street Pedestrian Improvement Project is part of a broader initiative to improve transportation infrastructure across New Braunfels. Proposition A, approved as part of the May 2023 bond, allocates nearly $100 million toward eight transportation projects in the city. These projects, representing 71% of the bond, were selected based on community feedback and anticipated growth. “[New Braunfels is] one of the highest-growing cities for the last decade every year. So [we are] trying to keep up with that growth and address the demands of growth on our transportation network,” Ford said in previous Community Impact reporting. In 2022, the National Community Survey highlighted major concerns about transportation and mobility: • 30% of residents rated the city’s infrastructure positively. • 78% of respondents said improving transporta- tion should be a top priority in the next two years.
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Total project cost $1.6M
The city of New Braunfels began work on the Common Street Pedestrian Improvement Project Sept. 3.
SHAHERYAR KHAN COMMUNITY IMPACT
SUMMERWOOD DR.
“We’re connecting into a lot of other improvements and trying to create a multi-modal network, that way there is an improvement to our connectivity.”
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GARRY FORD, NEW BRAUNFELS TRANSPORTATION & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DIRECTOR
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