Transportation
BY HALEY MCLEOD & BEN THOMPON
Trial back on track over Project Connect Legal proceedings intended to cement the nancing plan for Project Connect—Austin’s proposed multibillion-dollar transit system— may be back on track. What’s happening On Oct. 8, a state appeals court rejected Attorney General Ken Paxton’s claims that had halted the trial. Paxton claimed a district court judge improperly denied his challenge over holding the trial, but the newly-established Fifteenth Court of Appeals dismissed that argument. What’s next Paxton led for a rehearing late October and argued that the appeals court had erred in its decision. State judges overruled Paxton’s request for a rehearing.
Second express lane in each direction begins south of Barton Skyway and continues to Slaughter Lane
Existing bridge widened to add one express lane and one general purpose lane in each direction
Recommended build option Existing express lanes
MOPAC
FRONTAGE RD.
Proposed direct connectors New roadway and bridges Proposed tolled express lanes
FRONTAGE RD.
BARTON SKYWAY
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SOURCE: CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY
Authorities propose new south MoPac toll lanes Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority has revived a decade-old project intended to bring a solution to increasing tra c on south MoPac. What you need to know The agency partnered with Texas Department of Transportation in 2013 to evaluate an 8-mile
stretch of south MoPac from Cesar Chavez Street to Slaughter Lane; transportation o cials are again presenting solutions for public review after a lawsuit stalled the project from 2016 to 2021. The agency has dialed in on plans for up to two new toll lanes in either direction. The virtual public comment period and materials of the open house will remain open until Dec. 29. Looking ahead Documents anticipate construction to begin in 2025. Sta are hoping to select one of the con gu- rations by the end of 2024.
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