North - Northwest Austin | September 2023

Election

BY KATY MCAFEE & DARCY SPRAGUE

Travis County voters to decide on $509.5M bond

A closer look

Travis County commissioners approved a list of projects for the bond after over six months of community input. The most expensive item is $200 million set aside for land acquisition in an eort to preserve land before it’s used for development or prices inate. See a list of bond projects below:

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Roads

Rowe Lane

Travis County voters will weigh in on a $509.5 million bond aimed at improving roads and parks this November.

Proposition A includes improvements to several roadways. Projects include adding or improving sidewalks, bike lanes or shared-use paths. A project in Northwest Austin up for approval is a shared-use path on the south side of Howard Lane from McNeil Drive to McNeil-Merriltown Road. Intended to address a gap in the existing shared-use path network, the $18 million project would provide pedestrians and bicyclists continuous access to the Capital Metro Red Line station on MoPac.

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Howard Lane

Pyramid Drive and O’Reilly Drive

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$509.5M

MOPAC

Arterial A

for road and safety projects Prop A: $233.06M

Cameron Road

620

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Austin

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Bee Creek Road

360

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973

Blake Manor Road

for parks and green- space projects Prop B: $276.44M

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MOPAC

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SOURCE: TRAVIS COUNTYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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Parks

Arkansas Bend Park

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Gilleland Creek Greenway

Proposition B includes funding for new trails, parks improvements, a new building at Arkansas Bend Park, and sports elds at Bee Creek Sports Complex and Southeast Metro Park. It would also fund land acquisition near the following areas: • Cow Creek • Gilleland Creek • Lake Travis • Onion Creek • Pedernales River • Post Oak Savannah and Springs • Wilbarger Creek

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What's next

620

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MOPAC

Bee Creek Sports Complex

If both propositions are approved by voters, it would cost the average Travis County homeowner an additional $4.78 in taxes per month. Residents can learn more about each project at www.traviscountytx.gov.

360

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Southeast Metropolitan Park

Onion Creek Greenway

290

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Austin

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