Transportation
BY JOEL VALLEY
290
Completed projects
TUCKER HILL LN.
95
3
290
OLD HWY. 20
COUNTY RD.
71
5
1
21
130
95
BLAKEY LN.
95
EDWARD BURLESON LN.
4
AUSTIN HWY.
CHESTNUT ST.
7
130
2
71
812
183
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Update: groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 28 • Timeline: 2025-28 • Cost: $58.5 million • Funding source: Texas State Highway Fund 7 Old Iron Bridge rehabilitation Project: rehabilitating the Old Iron Bridge to include a concrete deck, steel truss components, railing and decorative lights Update: eastbound trac on the Loop 150 bridge closed to accommodate the rehabilitation • Timeline: expected to inish construction Sept. 11 • Cost: $10.1 million • Funding source: certiicates of obligation series 2018, 2023 and 2025 6 Agnes Street extension Project: extending Agnes Street south of Hwy. 71 to reduce trac congestion and improve access to nearby businesses, apartments and hotels Update: ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Dec. 29 • Timeline: March 6, 2025-Dec. 29, 2025 • Cost: $3.5 million • Funding source: 2021 Texas General Land Ofice Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds
150
AGNES ST.
21
MAP NOT TO SCALE N
Update: preliminary plans to become a four-lane divided highway with a grassy median • Timeline: schematic design and environmental study underway • Cost: TBD • Funding source: TBD
Upcoming projects
1 Hwy. 290 extension Project: reducing congestion along 15 miles of Hwy. 290 between Hwy. 130 and Hwy. 95 South Update: public survey concluded Oct. 10 • Timeline: expected to complete irst draft of schematic design mid-2026 • Cost: TBD • Funding source: TBD 2 FM 812 improvement Project: upgrading FM 812 to improve safety and reduce congestion, and to improve mobility Update: project spans from US 183 in Travis County to Hwy. 21 in Bastrop County • Timeline: expected to inalize design plans in spring 2026 • Cost: $145 million • Funding source: Texas State Highway Fund 3 Hwy. 21 expansion Project: expanding Hwy. 21 approximately 7 miles from County Road to Old Highway 20
Ongoing projects
4 Blakey Lane extension Project: extending Blakey Lane, from Edward Burleson Lane to a proposed street called Reed Way, south from Reed Way to an intersection at Old Austin Highway, with roundabout options Update: initial design is underway • Timeline: scheduled to begin construction March 16 • Cost: $7 million-$8 million • Funding sources: transportation impact fees, roadway maintenance fees, and water and wastewater fees 5 Hwy. 71 and Tucker Hill Lane improvements Project: converting a signalized intersection at Tucker Hill Lane into a grade-separated overpass and constructing new one-way frontage roads
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