Georgetown Edition | June 2025

Transportation

BY ANNA MANESS

Precinct 3 County Commissioner Valerie Covey outlined several road projects Georgetown area res- idents can expect in the coming years during a late April Georgetown Chamber of Commerce meeting. 1 Ronald Reagan Boulevard corridor Several widening projects are under design or construction along the 30-mile corridor from FM 1431 in Cedar Park to I-35 in Georgetown. The rst segment of Ronald Reagan Boulevard from FM 1431 to Hwy. 29 is the only one with two frontage roads in both directions. Ocials plan on adding additional lanes to the rest of the boulevard in the future, which currently has one frontage road in both directions, Covey said. Segment B is already under construction and will add two additional lanes, she said. The $52.45 mil- lion widening project has an anticipated completion of summer 2027, according to county documents. 2 SH 195 northbound exit ramp Construction to add a right-lane exit for SH 195 commuters to directly access Ronald Reagan Boule- vard is expected to start in the summer and wrap up by fall 2026, according to Covey’s presentation. 3 I35 and the Southwest Bypass intersection The current I-35 and Southwest Bypass intersec- tion is not the road’s nal conguration, and the county wishes to work alongside the Texas Depart- ment of Transportation for improvements—specif- ically a new bridge to allow drivers to go straight across, Covey said. County projects to add road capacity

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4 FM 2243 County ocials will eventually reconstruct and widen FM 2243 in two phases from the 183A Toll to the Southwest Bypass. Ocials will widen the existing two-lane roadway into a controlled-access highway with two main lanes in each direction and two three-lane frontage roads. Phase 1 will construct a single frontage road from the 183A Toll to Garey Park, and county documents detail a new alignment for Hero Way.

5 SE Inner Loop Georgetown ocials, in partnership with the county, will widen 2.91 miles of SE Inner Loop into a four-lane, divided road from FM 1460 to Hwy. 29. Construction on the $70.57 million project is set to begin in October, according to the city’s website. 6 FM 971 Design is underway for a FM 971 expansion project from Gann Street to SH 130 Toll, according to the city’s website.

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