Transportation
BY GRACIE WARHURST
Immanuel Road to see upgrades by 2027 P ugerville is furthering a project to improve Immanuel Road with City Council’s approval of three purchase agreements for land near the project site. About the project From Killingsworth Lane to Pecan Street, Immanuel Road will be widened from two to three lanes. The project also includes two new bridges, additional shared-use paths, lighting, signals and underground storm infrastructure. Design work for the project is complete, but utility and right-of-way acquisition is ongoing. The project is estimated to go out for bid in 2025, according to city documents. The update P ugerville acquired one parcel of land from Dessau Investments Inc., and two parcels from Jan Carol Salmon and Dwain Salmon for “real estate property interests” for the road project. Roadwork will be completed by April 2027, according to city o cials.
P ugerville City Council recently approved a plan to make the city’s downtown roads more pedestrian-friendly.
COURTESY LARRY D. MOORE
P ugerville works on downtown master plan P ugerville is moving forward with e orts to revitalize the city after adopting its Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. Estimated costs for the
About the project The plan recommends narrowing Pecan Street travel lanes, incorporating 10-foot shared use paths and adding trees along the streets. Improvements to Pecan Street are segmented into four sections, with costs totaling an estimated
$11 million. What else?
plan are $23.3 million. The current situation
The plan also outlines improvements for Main Street and Railroad Avenue, each divided into three segments. Plans show expanding Main Street through P ugerville ISD’s PACE Campus. The cost for Main Street improvements is an estimated $12.8 million.
The project focuses on cohesive enhancements to the city’s downtown, including three major road projects.
Hutto development depends on highway The future of the proposed 250-acre Cotton- wood Properties in Hutto is dependent on the nearby highway overpass project at the intersec- tion of Hwy. 79 and CR 132. The current situation Midway and the Hutto Economic Development Corporation established a memorandum of under- standing for the multi-use development in April. The current vision is for Cottonwood to create a “dramatic increase in public facilities and com- mercial and retail o erings,” as well as a “walkable district as an extension of other Hutto destina- tions” like the Hutto Co-Op District. What else? Results from a civil feasibility study conducted by Midway show that the design of the Hwy. 79 and CR 132 intersection will have a “critical
Hutto to reduce speed limit on Hwy. 79 The speed limit on a section of Hwy. 79 in Hutto will now be a consistent 45 mph. What happened TxDOT conducted a speed study for Hwy. 79 from I-35 to west of Taylor. The agency then requested Hutto pass a city ordinance to re ect its ndings. The four speed limits, ranging from 45 to 55 mph on the stretch between FM 1660 South and Chris Kelley Boulevard, will now be a consistent 45 mph. What residents need to know The speed limit change will go into e ect following both Hutto’s approval and TxDOT installing new speed limit signs.
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impact” on the development. The developer found that an elevated overpass, which the city approved an engineering contract for March of last year, would limit retail development along the freeway. Looking forward A representative from Midway told City Council that major plans for Cottonwood cannot be nal- ized until plans for the overpass are nalized. Council members voted 5-1 to postpone the project and work with TxDOT and Union Paci c Railroad to adopt the design proposed by Midway.
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