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Bexar County to begin infrastructure upgrades
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Bexar County is kicking o $692.6 million worth of road, ood con- trol, park, creek and public facility improvements that will be rolled out over the next decade. Commissioners Court voted unanimously Dec. 7 to approve a project phasing plan submitted by county sta . The plan for the county’s new 10-year Capital Improvements Program funds the start or contin- uation of $103 million in projects countywide in scal year 2022, which ends Sept. 30. The rst year of the CIP plan provides $27.1 million for rivers and creeks; $17.8 million for roads; $6.08 million for ood control; $30.7 million for parks; and $21.4 million to upgrade county buildings. Tony Canez, Bexar County’s San
Pedro Creek community project coordinator, told commissioners that many facility improvements will be executed earlier in the overall program, and other projects will be spread out over 10 years. County Public Information O cer Monica Ramos said the rst year of any planned project involves design. “These are still just estimated timelines,” she also said of projects that have yet to launch. Precinct 3 on San Antonio’s North Side will have more than $18 million in funding for projects including a third phase of improvements on Blanco Road, an expansion of Evans Road and improvements to the Green Mountain intersection, as well as improvements to Orsinger Park o Huebner Road and Raymond Russell Park o the Interstate 10 access road.
SPENDING PLAN Bexar County’s 10-year Capital Improvements Program phasing plan was approved Dec. 7. Estimated total dollar allocations for Precinct 3
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US Hwy. 281 North expansion The second part of the ongoing highway expansion, between Stone Oak Parkway and Borgfeld Drive, is scheduled to be completed and fully opened to tra c sometime in 2023. The Texas Department of Transportation continues to use alternating road closures. Timeline: summer 2021 to early 2023 Cost: $304 million Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation
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$5.5M+ $6.5M
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*FUNDING COVERS START OR CONTINUANCE OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ANY PROJECT. SOURCE: BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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story YOUR BUSINESS HAS A Jennifer Serold, public information o cer for TxDOT’s San Antonio District, said the existing rock wall alongside the freeway requires excavation to accommodate the construction of additional lanes, ramp improvements and Controlled blasts near BlancoRoad to be part of Loop 1604 expansion The Texas Department of Transportation, which is over- seeing the expansion of Loop 1604 across San Antonio’s North Side, said road work excavation around the Blanco Road/Loop 1604 area will last a few months more. The work is part of TxDOT’s plan to add two general lanes and one HOV lane in each direction to Loop 1604 between Bandera Road/Hwy. 16 and I-35. The overall project will be completed sometime after 2025.
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Northwest Military Highway expansion
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Construction crews are working to expand and upgrade the roadway by adding a center turn lane, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, drainage upgrades, a tra c signal at the Pond Hill Road intersection between Loop 1604 and Wagon Trail Road. Most recently, the intersections at Shavano Drive and at Bent Oak Drive had closures. Timeline: summer 2021 to early 2024 Cost: $15.5 million Funding source: TxDOT
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safety zones. “The excavation technique utilized on this project is a controlled method known as rock fragmentation blasting. Each blast is closely monitored in order to stay within the city of San Antonio ordinance on vibration and noise guidelines,” Serold said.
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