"This plan will help us come together as a region to address the transportation challenges ahead, and will ensure that our region continues to receive transportation funding through the US Department of Transportation." – CAMPO: Your 25 Year Transportation Plan
Note: These projects are taken from the CAMPO 2035 Plan. Many other projects are listed. These may be the ones of greatest interest and impact to Hays County residents. Thanks to RoundUp contributing writer Barbara Hopson for compiling the list. Download the plan at the CAMPO website (click on 2035 Regional Transportation Plan): http://www.campotexas.org/programs_plan.php
Send your comments and questions to CAMPO at campo@campotexas.org (512) 974-2275, to CAMPO Director Maureen McCoy at maureen.mccoy@campotexas.org or click on the "comments" at the bottom of the story
1. p. 78 - Hwy 290 at the "Y" at Oak Hill. "Ultimate 6-lane turnpike with 2-lane non-tolled frontage roads in each direction. Circle Drive to Joe Tanner Lane." Begin 2017, open 2019. Cost: $35.5 million (the turnpike apparently IS tolled).
2. p.79 - New freeway (design only) - SH 45 (SW). Loop 1 to FM 1626. Design and other planning being done 2012-2014. Cost: $6 million
3. p.79 - New freeway - SH 45 (SW). Loop 1 to FM 1626. "Construct 4-lane TOLL freeway." Construction 2020-2025. Cost: $93.5 million
4. p.79 - New freeway - SH 71 at "Y" at Oak Hill. Silvermine to Hwy 290 West. Engineering, ROW acquisition, and construction of 2 TOLLED connector bridges from US 290 West and continuous non-tolled access road lanes. Start 2015, open 2017. Cost $229.1 million
5. p.80 - FM 1626 in Hays County, FM 2770 to Travis County line. "Widen to 4-lane divided roadway." Start 2010, open 2012. Cost: $53.3 million
6. p.80 - FM 1626 in Hays County, Hays County Line to Bliss Spillar Road. "Widen to 4-lane divided roadway." Start 2010, open 2012. Cost: $19.1 million
7. p.80 - In Hays County, "reconstruct to 4-lane undivided roadway" the part of RR 12 between the Junction and San Marcos City Limit. Begin 2010, open 2012. Cost: $24.1 million.
8. p.82 - Intercity rail - Lone Star Rail from Georgetown to San Antonio. Start 2013, open 2015. Cost: $467 million. (Rail line goes to San Antonio, but CAMPO members pay only to south Hays County Line.)
9. p.83 - Intermodal Facility (apparently city station for Lone Star Rail) - Buda. Start 2026, open 2035. Cost: $2 million.
10. p. 83 - Dripping Springs Park and Ride (provider not given) - Start 2026, open 2035. Cost: $2 million
11. p. 83 - CARTS Intercity/Express Bus - Dripping Springs to San Marcos. Begin 2020. Cost: $2.2 million
12. p.83 - CARTS Intercity/Express Bus - Hays County Connector (location?). Begin 2020. Cost: $2.8 million
13. p.84 - CARTS Intercity/Express Bus - Route 726-San Marcos. Open 2020. Cost: $2.5 million
14. p.84 - Intercity/Express Bus (provider not given) - From RR 12 in Dripping Springs to downtown Austin. Begin 2026, open 2035. Cost: $3 million.
15. p. 84 - CARTS Intercity/Express Bus (service area not given). To San Marcos. Start 2026, open 2035. Cost: $10 million.
9 comments:
Hays County "improvements" on RR 12 are a mess. How badly will they foul up 1626?
@anonymous 10:13 am: In answer to your question: the County will foul up in their care of those roads as they have on roads they have acquired within local subdivisions.
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What about the turn lanes and possibly an overpass for FM 1826 at Hwy 290?
Hwy 71 is a stupid plan. It will create a privatized tolled roadway which will create more traffic congestion on the service roads.
The same is true of Hwy 45 which will create more traffic on roads that cannot handle it, e.g., FM 1826, FM 150, 926 near the Salt Lick, Darden Hill Road, Elder Hill Road, S. MOPAC and 45 between S. MOPAC and FM 1826, etc.
This is a dumb a$$ plan that is going to do more damage.
To Anon, Oct. 20, 10:33 AM:
Nothing was included in the CAMPO 2035 plan about work at the Hwy 290 and FM 1826 intersection.
CAMPO will very soon have a meeting
in each of the 5 counties (including Hays) to get public input on their plans. You might attend that meeting and bring up that intersection. You might also contact Commissioner Will Conley to
let him know your concern; he is the Hays County representative to CAMPO.
Anonymous 10:39 am:
Cynically, I believe that part of the hope is that traffic and traffic lights will be so irritating on the non-tolled frontage roads that people WILL use the tolled roadways.
If you want a visual of what CAMPO is planning, go to www.campotexas.org. Click on "Frequent Questions" and then "CAMPO Maps Page." There you'll find 7 maps, including ones for West Hays and East Hays.
The West Hays map shows:
1. the expanded 4-lane highway on RR 12 from the Junction to San Marcos;
2. the RR 12-Henly expansion on Hwy 290;
3. expansion on RR 12 from FM 150, north to FM 3238; and,
4. new loops planned around San Marcos in the future.
The East Hays map shows even more projects.
#3 in my post above should read:
"3. expansion of RR 12 from FM 150, north to FITZHUGH ROAD."
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