TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Shavano Park makes progress on road project designs
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SHAVANO PARK PLANS UNDERWAY Shavano Park’s consulting engineers with KFW Engineers and Surveying said they are nearing 60% completion on designs for planned citywide road improvements that will be funded by the voter-approved May 2022 city bond. SOURCE: CITY OF SHAVANO PARK COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
KFW Engineers and Surveying—a local rm consulting on Shavano Park’s planned citywide, bond- funded road improvements—pledged to be 60% nished with roadwork designs by October. Project manager Bobby Torres of KFW briefed the City Council on Aug. 22 about engineering activities that KFW has done on city streets east of Northwest Military Highway since mid-February. Shavano Park voters approved a $10 million bond on May 7 authoriz- ing the city to form a multiphase plan to rebuild Bent Oak Drive, Chimney Rock Lane, Cli side Drive, End Gate Lane, Fawn Drive, Saddletree Road, Shavano Drive, Wagon Trail Road and Windmill Road. The city also plans to repave the Post Oak Way entrance from Lockhill-Selma Road and complete reconstruction of cul-de-sacs on Elm Spring Lane, Honey Bee Lane, Hunt- ers Branch and Turkey Creek Road. According to Torres, rising costs of
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF SEPT. 8. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT NSANEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. North US 281 expansion Construction crews have been alter- nating lane closures while widening US 281 between Stone Oak Parkway and Borgfeld Drive, including bridge work at US 281 at Wilderness Oak Drive and at Overlook Parkway. The next closure at Overlook will be 8 p.m.-5 a.m. Sept. 23. Timeline: summer 2021-early 2023 Cost: $304 million Funding source: TxDOT
asphalt and concrete caused KFW’s opinion of probable construction, or OPC, cost to reach $10.6 million. But Torres said there are ways to bring in the total estimated cost under $10 million. The OPC includes a 15% contingency for the entire project, Torres said. Torres said xing Wagon Trail and realigning it with Northwest Military Highway is challenging, including possibly removing heritage trees in the right-of-way. “This is by far the worst street of them all,” Torres said of Wagon Trail.
In a memo to the council, City Manager Bill Hill said KFW plans to be 30% done with designing improvements on Shavano Park’s segment of De Zavala Road by Sept. 30. City o cials said bond dollars will be used to leverage federal money to upgrade De Zavala Road. Hill said there will be a town hall meeting this December to review nal engineering plans before the city solicits construction bids. Another meeting will be held in spring 2023 with the awarded contractor ahead of the start of road construction.
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