Transportation
Kenney Fort to connect cities
Kenney Fort Boulevard segments 1 Completed: June 2013 2 Estimated completion: November 2024 3 Estimated completion: November 2024 4 Roadway completed and fully opened in June 2024 5 Estimated completion: FY 2028-29 6 Estimated completion: FY 2030-31 7 In early stages of planning with no construction dates set or funding allocated at this time
ROCKRIDE LN.
Georgetown
HIGGS RD.
7
110
Round Rock
6
112
The plan for Kenney Fort Boulevard to one day connect P ugerville to Round Rock to Georgetown and o er an alternative to I-35 is decades in the making. Locals, such as Tropical Smoothie Cafe owner Matt Cohen, have high hopes for Kenney Fort. However, he said that with the most recently completed section having opened in June, it’s “too early to tell” what kind of tra c it will bring. The six-lane divided roadway is made up of seven segmented projects, in various stages of completion, running north to south on Round Rock’s east side. With the rst segment of Kenney Fort completed over a decade ago, city o cials said that the project has “come a lot slower over the years.”
A.W. GRIMES BLVD.
5
Hutto
35
4
130 TOLL
79
JOE DIMAGGIO BLVD.
1
FOREST CREEK DR.
SAM BASS RD.
2 3
P ugerville
MEISTER LANE
45 TOLL
SOURCE: CITY OF ROUND ROCK COMMUNITY IMPACT
N. HEATHERWILDE BLVD.
NEW MEISTER LANE
MOPAC
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Round Rock tra c count Annual average daily tra c on major north-south roads
A closer look
A.W. Grimes Blvd. Kenney Fort Blvd.
Red Bud Lane
Kenney Fort almost parallels A.W. Grimes, I-35 and SH 130. This redundancy in Round Rock’s roadway network is a good thing, o cials said. “We expect some tra c to shift onto that arterial and lessen congestion on other routes,” said Brian Kuhn, Round Rock planning engineering assistant director. “It gives people alternatives.” Other routes face more tra c while helping to support the north-south corridor. The Kenney Fort extension aims to lessen the burden on the support- ing four-lane roads, such as Red Bud Lane.
Although the Kenney Fort road extension was envisioned over 40 years ago, the plan has stuck pretty close to the original design, said Gerald Pohlmeyer, Round Rock capital improvement program project manager. When the Texas Department of Transportation planned to establish SH 130 along a portion of where Kenney Fort is now, Round Rock voted to shift the highway to the east. Two arterial roads—Kenney Fort Boulevard and A.W. Grimes Boulevard—were constructed to make up for the shift.
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