The big picture<\/p>\n
The Old Fitzhugh Road improvement project is one of several Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone<\/a> projects in the area. The Mercer Street Paseo<\/a> and Stephenson Building<\/a> projects are other TIRZ projects the city is currently working on.<\/p>\n The main purpose of the TIRZ is to maintain the \u201cvitality, community character and viability of the heart of downtown Dripping Springs,\u201d according to the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n The bid package for Old Fitzhugh Road will be released May 6. Contractors will then make bids for the project based on the package, and City Council will select one to complete the project.<\/p>\n Bid items include:<\/p>\n Right-of-way preparationRemoving concreteLandscapingTree protectionPedestrian amenitiesBy the numbers<\/p>\n The project is expected to cost about $8.9 million.<\/p>\n Costs include:<\/p>\n Estimated construction cost: $8,204,586Waterline contingency: $122,708Environmental contingency: $10,000Safety contingency: $358,283Right-of-way and easements: $233,227Funding for the project comes from several sources, including TIRZ funding and the Texas Department of Transportation. Looking ahead<\/p>\n If the project timeline continues as expected, construction will begin in August and be completed in June 2028. City officials said they will provide regular updates throughout the process on their website.<\/p>\n \u201cThe intention is to have a town hall meeting once the contractor has been selected with property owners on Old Fitzhugh Road to introduce the project and to talk more about detailed construction phasing,\u201d project engineer Leslie Pollack said.<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction may soon affect approximately 30 residences and businesses along Old Fitzhugh Road. The rehabilitation of Old Fitzhugh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4170,98178,53663],"class_list":["post-262286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dripping-springs","tag-old-fitzhugh-road","tag-tirz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262286","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=262286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"visualization\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776922429_509_thumbnail.jpeg\")
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