Transportation
BY ZACHARIA WASHINGTON
City intersection set to be redesigned
Ronald Reagan corridor planned for expansion Williamson County officials, in conjunction with area cities, have begun planning for the future of the Ronald Reagan corridor. Zooming in Connie Odom, Williamson County’s communica- tions and media relations director, said the ultimate design of this corridor will feature two-lane frontage roads in each direction and two main lanes in each direction, making it a total of eight lanes. The county is conducting a study to plan for the widening amid ongoing growth. “Additional lanes are required to improve connectivity, mobility and safety for residents, ultimately protecting their quality of life,” Odom said in an email. The roughly 30-mile project—stretching from RM 1431 in Cedar Park to I-35 in Georgetown—is broken up into the following five segments:
SEGMENT D
SEGMENT E
SEGMENT C
195
3405
183
29
SEGMENT B
Cedar Park officials are planning an innovative intersection at New Hope Drive
SEGMENT A
35
and 183A Toll. The overview
183A TOLL
WHITESTONE BLVD.
1431
N
An innovative intersection is a high- er-capacity, more-efficient intersection that features left-turn lanes in opposing directions, which limits conflict points and reduces stops and delays, said Randy Lueders, Cedar Park’s director of engineer- ing and capital projects. Lueders said while the design is unique, it would be similar to the intersection at Parmer Lane and Whitestone Boulevard. Officials are expecting to start construc- tion in mid-September. It is scheduled to take about two and a half years and reach completion in early 2027.
• Segment A: FM 1431 to Hwy. 29, 7.67 miles • Segment B: Hwy. 29 to north of FM 3405, 7 miles • Segment C: FM 3405 to Williams Drive, 3.7 miles • Segment D: Williams Drive to Hwy. 195, 5 miles • Segment E: Hwy. 195 to I-35, 6 miles What happens next? Odom said planning for each of the corridor segments is nearly complete. However, the county is still working on securing funding for multiple segments of the project, so no full construction timeline or cost estimate has been determined.
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