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In 2023, the Texas Department of Transportation and the city of San Antonio and surrounding cities are working on highway and road projects aimed at widening thoroughfares, reducing travel times and relieving tra c congestion. This map of ongoing and upcoming street infrastructure projects is not comprehensive. Increasing mobility
“While there have been struggles, our public works sta hasdoneatremendous job adapting to coordinate with [the Texas Department of Transportation] and the contractor.”
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Bexar County San Antonio Shavano Park TxDOT
Blanco Road: Upgrades include expanding from two to four lanes with pedestrian, cyclist and drainage improvements between West Borgfeld Drive and the Comal County line. Cost estimate: $23.9M Timeline: TBD US 281 North Phase 2 expansion from Stone Oak Parkway to West Borgfeld Drive: The second of a two-phase widening of US 281 from four to 10 lanes includes bicycle and pedestrian upgrades, and one new high- occupancy vehicle lane in each direction. Cost estimate (Phases 1-2): $168.8M Timeline (Phases 1-2): July 2017-April 2023
BOB WERNER, SHAVANO PARK MAYOR
Bulverde Road: A 6,300-square-foot stretch of Bulverde Road north of Marshall Road is being widened from two to four lanes with a median/turn lane. Cost estimate: $13.3M Timeline: winter 2021-March 2023
Highway, residents are also preparing for what o cials envision as a series of road repairs around town. Mayor Bob Werner said he was pleased with TxDOT being ahead of schedule on its $10.8 million North- west Military Highway project, as the state agency estimates a late October 2023 completion time. “While there have been struggles, our public works sta has done a tre- mendous job adapting to coordinate with TxDOT and the contractor,” Wer- ner said. Shavano Park o cials also held a town hall meeting Jan. 18 to update residents about plans to use the May 2022 voter-approved $10 million city bond to improve 14 city streets and cul- de-sacs east and west of Northwest Mil- itary Highway beginning in mid-2023. “We anticipate going out for bids and awarding a contract in the April-May period,” Werner said. Shavano Park is also using its bond to leverage federal funds to upgrade drainage and walkability on DeZavala Road with help from District 23 U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, RSan Antonio, who asked for $4 million for DeZavala and other road projects. “It is critical for community drainage as well as other bike and pedestrian improvements,” Werner said. “Our road system is critical to our commu- nity, and with city sta , City Council has outlined our plan for the next 20-25 years in an a ordable fashion.” In unincorporated Bexar County, o cials said they are nearly done upgrading Bulverde Road near John- son High School and are preparing to launch a project on the northernmost stretch of Blanco Road. The $13.3 million addition of two lanes and a median/turn lane to a 6,300-foot segment of Bulverde Road north of Marshall Road is on time and budget, said Renee Green, county engi- neer and public works director. “We are still on track for the March 2023 end date, weather permitting,” Green said.
1604 expansion from Bandera Road/Hwy. 16 to I-35: Overall, the project is to widen the expressway from four to 10 lanes, including one HOV lane each way and the replacement of the existing I-10/ Loop 1604 interchange. Cost estimate ( ve segments): $1.19B Timeline: May 2021-TBD
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Shavano Park bond projects: The bond will fund work on nine streets east of Northwest Military Highway, rebuilding of four cul-de-sacs and repaving of the Post Oak Way entrance at Lockhill-Selma Road. The bond is also being leveraged for federal funding to improve DeZavala Road. Cost estimate: $10.2M Timeline: mid-2023-early 2025
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Wurzbach Road: Key intersections of Wurzbach between Northwest Military Highway and Fredericksburg Road will be enhanced to improve tra c mobility. Cost estimate: $2M (2017 Bond) Timeline: TBD
Northwest Military Highway: TxDOT is enhancing Shavano Park’s main corridor from Loop 1604 to Huebner Road by adding a center turn lane, sidewalks, a bicycle lane and more. Cost estimate: $15.5M Timeline: July 2021-October 2023
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SOURCES: BEXAR COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO, SHAVANO PARK, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
focused on widening lanes between Stone Oak Parkway and Blanco Road, and west of Huebner Road; utility work at the Blanco Road/Loop 1604 intersec- tion; and improving existing bridges and retaining walls. Serold said, so far, there are no sig- ni cant challenges for the Loop 1604 expansion, which began in May 2021. Work on Loop 1604 from Bandera Road to US 281 is anticipated for completion in 2025 and estimated to cost $800 mil- lion total. TxDOT has not given a time- line for the planned expansion of Loop 1604 eastward from US 281 to I-35. “There have been no setbacks due to
labor shortages or supply chain issues, and the project remains within bud- get,” Serold said of Loop 1604. TxDOT has not yet announced a start time for a planned, separate overhaul of the Blanco Road at Loop 1604 inter- section, which will take two years to do, Serold said. The project is estimated to cost $38 million, she said, adding that contractors will continue utility work at that intersection throughout 2023. Shavano Park, Bexar County updates As TxDOT contractors roll on with adding a center turn lane, sidewalks and bicycle lanes to Northwest Military
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with TxDOT’s San Antonio District. TxDOT is slated to nish expanding US 281 north of Loop 1604 from four to 10 lanes this April, Serold said. Phase 2 of the US 281 expansion— from Stone Oak Parkway to the Comal County line—began in March 2019 at a cost of $168.8 million, Serold said. Phase 1 of the $179.5 million US 281 expansion, between Loop 1604 and Stone Oak Parkway, lasted from July 2017 to late 2020, she said. Serold said activities on Loop 1604 between I-10 and US 281 are presently
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