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10 | NEWS | <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Newspaper</strong> • Lake Travis/Westlake Edition<br />
transPortation<br />
TxDOT releases 2013–16 roadway<br />
projects for Travis County<br />
By Cody Miles<br />
The Texas Department<br />
of Transportation<br />
announced its roadway<br />
projects in the Travis<br />
County area for 2013–16<br />
at a July 10 Bee Cave City<br />
Council meeting. Construction<br />
and improvements<br />
begin on RM 620<br />
and Hwy. 71.<br />
While intersection<br />
improvements on Loop<br />
360 were under development,<br />
plans were dropped<br />
“due to the lack of public<br />
support,” said TxDOT<br />
spokesman John Hurt.<br />
TxDOT had planned<br />
to install an innovative<br />
intersection, referred to<br />
as a Michigan left turn, or<br />
jughandle, which replaces<br />
a left turn with both a<br />
U-turn and a right turn.<br />
“People were just not<br />
familiar with it enough to<br />
get behind it,” Hurt said.<br />
“We’re building one by<br />
the airport that has a great<br />
deal of support. We don’t<br />
want to do anything the<br />
folks out there wouldn’t<br />
want.”<br />
The intersection, which<br />
was to be constructed at<br />
Westlake Drive, Cedar<br />
Street and Courtyard<br />
Drive, was projected to<br />
cost $3.97 million.<br />
Plans to construct a double<br />
right-hand turn lane<br />
from RM 620 onto RM<br />
2222 are anticipated to be<br />
contracted in December.<br />
TxDOT also plans to add<br />
a sidewalk and bike lane<br />
Gene davis<br />
Roadwork will continue on Hwy. 71 as left-turn lanes and shoulders<br />
are added to stretches of the highway.<br />
along RM 620 as well as<br />
replace traffic signals in the<br />
area. The project, which<br />
is estimated to cost $1.36<br />
million, will be funded<br />
by a City of Austin bond<br />
program and TxDOT.<br />
Several left-turn lanes<br />
and shoulders are still<br />
under development on<br />
Hwy. 71. The additional<br />
turn lanes are designed<br />
primarily as a safety issue,<br />
Hurt said.<br />
“The left-turn lanes on<br />
Hwy. 71 will provide a safe<br />
place for vehicles to get out<br />
of the main lanes of traffic<br />
to turn,” Hurt said. “They<br />
also provide a measure<br />
of congestion mitigation<br />
since vehicles will not back<br />
up behind the turning<br />
traffic.”<br />
The three additional<br />
turn lanes, which will<br />
be constructed between<br />
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Bridge roads, are expected<br />
to go under contract in late<br />
2013.<br />
The additional turn<br />
lanes are necessary because<br />
of the increased number<br />
of people driving in the<br />
area, Hurt said. TxDOT<br />
has been making improvements<br />
on Hwy. 71 since<br />
2005 in order to add center<br />
turn lanes from West Hwy.<br />
290 to Pace Bend Road.<br />
“We’ve had quite a bit of<br />
work completed on Hwy.<br />
71 in the past few years,”<br />
Hurt said.<br />
There are also plans to<br />
improve RM 620 and Hwy.<br />
71 in 2014 and 2015. The<br />
plans currently include<br />
sealing and overlaying<br />
existing roads.<br />
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TxDOT roadway projects, Travis County<br />
The Texas Department of Transportation released a list of its roadway projects in Travis County for<br />
2013–16. A description of the projects taking place in the Lakeway/Westlake area during that time<br />
frame can be found below.<br />
1 RM 620: Road improvements include restriping, installing double right-hand turn lanes,<br />
replacing traffic signals, and adding bike lanes and sidewalks<br />
2 Loop 360: Plans to construct innovative intersections dropped due to lack of public support<br />
3 Hwy. 71: Left-turn lane and shoulders added near Bee Creek Road and Vail Divide<br />
4 Hwy. 71: Left-turn lane and shoulders added near Thomas Springs and Covered Bridge roads<br />
5 Hwy. 71: Left-turn lane and shoulders added near Vail Divide and RM 3238<br />
6 RM 620: Sealing and overlay from RM 2222 to RM 2769<br />
7 RM 620: Sealing and overlay from Hwy. 71 to Colorado River (Mansfield Dam)<br />
8 Hwy. 71: Sealing and overlay from Southwest Parkway to Thomas Springs Road<br />
Roadway projects, 2013<br />
Hamilton Pool rd.<br />
Hamilton Pool rd.<br />
71<br />
71<br />
Crumley ranch rd.<br />
Roadway projects, 2015<br />
Crumley ranch rd.<br />
3<br />
4<br />
7<br />
620<br />
620<br />
290<br />
8<br />
290<br />
Lake Travis<br />
1<br />
Bee Caves rd.<br />
5<br />
Lake Travis<br />
6<br />
Bee Caves rd.<br />
2222<br />
360<br />
2222<br />
360<br />
2<br />
MoPac<br />
MoPac<br />
35<br />
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35<br />
Map not to scale<br />
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183<br />
183<br />
source: txdot<br />
512.335.9779<br />
www.sportcourtofaustin.com
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