TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
BY GRANT CRAWFORD Georgetown, TxDOT lay out plan for Leander Road LEANDER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
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The city of Georgetown and the Texas Department of Transporta- tion are combining eorts to make improvements along RM 2243, or Leander Road, from the Southwest Bypass to Norwood Drive. According to TxDOT ocials, the existing roadway, which includes one travel lane each way and a center turn lane, doesn’t provide adequate capacity to address the current and future trac volumes, resulting in congestion. Drivers also can make unpredictable left turns that could be dicult for other driv- ers to anticipate, the department stated in a presentation. The project would widen Leander Road to two lanes each way as well as construct raised medians, add dedicated turn lanes at inter- sections, install a new signal at RM 2243 and River Ridge Drive, and reconstruct the Southwest Bypass intersection. Pedestrian and bike improvements include a 10-foot
The city of Georgetown and the Texas Department of Transportation are in the design stage for road work to be done along RM 2243, also called Leander Road.
Provide additional pedestrian and bicyclist paths
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Southwest Bypass extension Williamson County marked the opening of the nal segment of the Southwest Bypass, connecting the road from Wolf Ranch Parkway to Hwy. 29, with a ribbon-cutting June 23. Now, the two-lane roadway forms a quarter-circle loop from I-35 to Hwy. 29. Additionally, a 10-foot- wide shared-use path was built next to the road from the north bank of the San Gabriel River to Hwy. 29. Cost: $4.3 million Timeline: August 2022-June 2023 Funding sources: city of Georgetown, Williamson County
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Widen the road to two lanes in each direction and construct raised medians with turn lanes
RIVER RIDGE DR.
Install new trac signal
Reconstruct the Southwest Bypass intersection
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SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT
shared-use path from the Southwest Bypass to the I-35 frontage road. Funding for the $15.8 million project comes in part from the city of Georgetown's 2021 mobility bond. In addition to the $7.7 million from the bond, the city is anticipating funding
from TxDOT through the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. The nal design of the project is expected to be done sometime in 2025. Meanwhile, construction of the improvements is not expected to begin until 2026.
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