{"id":203191,"date":"2026-03-13T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:01:07","slug":"check-out-2-transportation-updates-in-southwest-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203191\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out 2 transportation updates in Southwest Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead about the following transportation updates in Southwest Austin that could affect commutes.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing projects<\/p>\n<p>Slaughter Lane Corridor Improvements<\/p>\n<p>Project: Work involves mobility and safety improvements along Slaughter Lane between MoPac and Brodie Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Update: As of March 12, there are two lanes open in each direction from MoPac to Brodie Lane, with ongoing construction. Work has begun on the shared-use path westbound from Brodie Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Oak Hill Parkway<\/p>\n<p>Project: The 7-mile stretch of highway has been undergoing a $677 million facelift since 2021. TxDOT is currently reconstructing Hwy. 290 in Oak Hill, transforming the existing four-lane, undivided roadway to a six-lane divided highway with new frontage roads and 14 miles of shared-use paths, according to TxDOT documents.<\/p>\n<p>Update: The Convict Hill Road signal at the eastbound Hwy. 290 frontage road is temporarily out of service.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: 2022-26 (total project)Cost: $677 million allocated for the entire projectFunding source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TxDOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read about the following transportation updates in Southwest Austin that could affect commutes. Ongoing projects Slaughter Lane Corridor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,80155,47132,75327,29981,271],"class_list":["post-203191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-convict-hill","tag-hwy-290","tag-slaughter-lane","tag-southwest-austin","tag-txdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203191","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=203191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}