REGIONAL NEWS Passenger trac at ABIA has increased 75% year over year
Stories from the Austin metro
WilCo celebrates completion of 200th voter-approved road project
AIR TRAVEL ON THE RISE Passenger travel through Austin- Bergstrom International Airport is up 46.5% year-over-year in September, reecting an upward trend in air trac in 2022 compared to 2021.
BY SUMAIYA MALIK
the needs of the growing population, according to ocials. “There’s one thing to plan, but the hardest part—and I give our transpor- tation department’s Bob Daigh and his team so much credit—is to actually get the roads on the ground,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles said.
On Oct. 18, Williamson County Commissioners Court recognized CR 200 in Liberty Hill as the 200th road project completed under the voter-approved road bond program. “Voters have seen that need and have said yes to these projects,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Valerie Covey said. Williamson County had a total of four successful bond elections in 2000, 2006, 2013 and 2019. Using funding from the bonds, the county has completed safety and mobility projects in unincorporated areas of the county as well as in cities through partnerships with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. The need for the roads was rst recognized in 1999 when commis- sioners court adopted its rst Long- Range Transportation Plan to identify
YEAR TO DATE 2021
8.86 million
BY HANNAH NORTON
About 15.5 million people traveled through Austin-Bergstrom Interna- tional Airport from January through September, according to data released by the airport. This means total passenger trac was up 75% from the same time frame last year, which saw about 8.9 million passengers, according to the data. During September, nearly 1.8 million people visited the airport, a 46.5% increase from September 2021. Data shows nearly half of those passengers boarded ights out of ABIA. Airport ocials were also projecting high passenger trac—days with more than 30,000 departing passengers—for 12 days in October as people visited the city for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Formula One Grand Prix race.
15.52 million YEAR TO DATE 2022
1.21 million SEPTEMBER 2022 SEPTEMBER 2021
COMPLETING COUNTY ROADS
1.77 million
SOURCE: CITY OF AUSTINCOMMUNITY IMPACT
The 200th project funded by Williamson County’s four voter- approved road bonds was completed in October.
Passenger trac hit a record high at ABIA after last year’s race with over 35,000 people traveling through the airport Oct. 25, 2021. Additionally, air cargo trac at ABIA surpassed 26 million pounds in September, up 21.4% year over year. During busy days, ocials recom- mend arriving at the airport at least two and a half hours before domestic ights and three hours before inter- national ights.
2000
$375M
2006
$228M
2013
$275M
2019
$412M
SOURCE: WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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