Earlier this month, the Leander City Council approved the Transportation Master Plan. The plan’s goal is to help citizens, stakeholders, and officials make decisions about future projects. Over the next 10 years, the plan will cost $320 million and tackle these projects: three corridor studies, six widening projects, two turn lane and median projects, four new collector road projects, and ten intersection projects. The project also recommends having annual allowances for intersection, restriping, traffic technology, and sidewalks. The cost will be split between grant funding, development contributions, agencies, and other sources.
The plan outlines what they hope to accomplish each year:
- Spend about $1 million per year on about two traffic signals, or 5 to 8 turn lanes
- Restriping about 5 miles of bike lanes per year, or 2-3 miles of roadway maintenance
- Update traffic timing on 2-3 corridors
- Add about 1 mile per year of new 6’ sidewalks
Here are the projects for the 2021-22 fiscal year and their estimated cost. The total cost estimate for the year is $25.55 million.
- San Gabriel Parkway reconstruction to a four-lane road from Bagdad Road to 183A Toll ($18.8 million)
- Heritage Grove Road widening from the eastern end to the western end ($3.8 million)
- West Crystal Falls Parkway turn lanes and median modifications from Cantina Sky to Western Elementary Driveway ($500,000)
- RM 2243 corridor study from US 183 to the eastern extraterritorial jurisdiction limit ($500,000)
- Intersection allowance ($1 million)
- Restriping allocation ($250,000)
- Transportation technology allowance ($200,000)
- Sidewalk allowance ($500,000)
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