{"id":120864,"date":"2026-01-13T04:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:13:13","slug":"round-rock-council-gives-initial-go-ahead-for-speed-limit-reduction-on-greenlawn-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120864\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Rock council gives initial go-ahead for speed limit reduction on Greenlawn Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe stretch of Greenlawn Boulevard spanning from I-35 to Louis Henna Boulevard could soon be subject to a temporary speed limit reduction.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as construction on the mixed-use project, The District, continues on the northwest side of the roadway, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roundrocktexas.gov\/transportprojects\/greenlawn-boulevard-widening\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greenlawn Boulevard itself is widened<\/a> to add another lane in each direction.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The Round Rock City Council <a href=\"https:\/\/roundrock.legistar.com\/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1364415&amp;GUID=951F647E-2746-4286-8719-B774AE628F85&amp;Options=info|&amp;Search=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gave approval for a first reading<\/a> of a temporary speed limit change on a portion of Greenlawn Boulevard on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p>City staff said the ongoing construction projects mandate a reduced speed limit to enhance crew and driver safety.<\/p>\n<p>The details <\/p>\n<p>The move would temporarily decrease the speed limit from 45 mph to 35 mph, if approved. The temporary speed limit would expire once construction is complete, and staff would need to reevaluate the corridor to determine what the best speed limit should be, <a href=\"https:\/\/roundrock.legistar.com\/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1364415&amp;GUID=951F647E-2746-4286-8719-B774AE628F85&amp;Options=info|&amp;Search=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city documents state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? <\/p>\n<p>Council will consider the matter for a required second vote at a future meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stretch of Greenlawn Boulevard spanning from I-35 to Louis Henna Boulevard could soon be subject to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,52621,52623,52622],"class_list":["post-120864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-round-rock-construction","tag-speed-limit-change-round-rock","tag-the-district-round-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}