Transportation
BY DANIEL SCHWALM & HAMERA SHABBIR
Cedar Park OKs $3.6M in road rehab Cedar Park City Council approved two road resurfacing contracts totaling about $3.6 million April 9, with work expected to begin this summer lasting around 2 months. The details The road resurfacing is split into two projects, covering major roads, including Anderson Mill Road, Park Street and the northbound lanes of Lakeline Boulevard, as well as neighborhood roads, including streets in the Buttercup Creek, Parkway and Parkwest Estates communities. Funding the project The road rehabilitation is funded through the 2022 bond program, 2024 certicate of obligation funds, and annual pavement maintenance funds, according to city sta.
Signicant trac shifts at New Hope Drive, 183A Cedar Park drivers will notice a signicant change in the trac patterns along New Hope Drive from Main Street to CR 180—specically the intersection of New Hope Drive and 183A Toll—as the city begins road work along the corridor, according to a March 30 announcement from the city. Dubbed the “183A Innovative Intersection” by the city, the left-turn lanes along the 183A frontage roads will operate dierently, following a new route across the intersection to merge onto New Hope Drive. The redesign will apply only to northbound and southbound drivers on the 183A frontage road turning left onto New Hope Drive. All directions of travel along 183A frontage roads and New Hope Drive will be maintained. Some context This project is part of ongoing road improvements and economic development in Cedar Park and is
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anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2027. The project aims to cut down on trac at the intersection while increasing capacity. In May, construction on a new Marriott hotel and convention center is slated to break ground less than a mile from the intersection, which is part of a larger mixed-use site called CedarView. While CedarView developers will front the costs of construction, the city will still ensure “all the rules and standards are being followed,” city ocials said.
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