Pflugerville Community Development Corporation<\/a> board for over a decade.<\/p>\nIn the early days of SH 130, Pflugerville was one of few cities along the toll road to get utility lines across it, Weiss said. This investment in frontage road infrastructure allowed the city to foster development early on.<\/p>\n
\u201cHouses can\u2019t be built until the water, wastewater and all the other planning has been done in the area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Similar planning is happening in Hutto. Snyder said the city is building a wastewater line along SH 130, running from its existing wastewater treatment plant near Hwy. 79 to Limmer Loop, in support of future development.<\/p>\n
Following recent housing market trends amid higher interest rates, Snyder, whose professional background is in real estate, said developers in the area are favoring commercial development projects over residential. However, several home building projects are also underway.<\/p>\n
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What the experts say<\/p>\n
Realtors Alisha and Matthew Wilson said proximity to retail, outdoor amenities and affordability drive many of the decisions made by their clients when looking for a home in Hutto or Pflugerville.<\/p>\n
Future development, including retail in the pipeline, is one way the Wilsons have been able to entice buyers in the area. In this case, they speak from personal experience, having purchased a home in Manor before more desirable retail options moved in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe bought in a place where we knew development was going to happen, and you just have to be patient,\u201d Matthew Wilson said. \u201cNext thing you know, there\u2019s H-E-B, a Chipotle, a Chick-fil-A.\u201d<\/p>\n
This level of growth requires planning infrastructure at scale, Weiss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been planning for the last 20 years for where we\u2019re at,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cWe\u2019re planning 20, 30, 40 years into the future already. It\u2019s not unexpected to see all the development.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that when a city invests in infrastructure\u2014water, wastewater and electric lines\u2014early on, developers are willing to pay a premium to locate in an area where they do not have to find utility providers.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned<\/p>\n
Over the next few years, large developments will continue to take shape along the corridor.<\/p>\n
In December, the city of Hutto created a tax increment reinvestment zone spanning about 1,900 acres along SH 130. Gamboa said a portion of property tax revenue from this zone will be earmarked for infrastructure improvements to support growth in that corridor.<\/p>\n
In Pflugerville, Weiss said plans are also underway for a large water tank and pump station at the northeast corner of SH 45 and SH 130. This will help meet the needs of future growth in this area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s still a whole lot of developable property along [SH] 130,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cYou may think there\u2019s a lot of stuff that\u2019s up, but there\u2019s more land than there is developed at this point.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As new residential areas continue to spring up along SH 130 in Pflugerville and Hutto, the growing number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,13633,106956,51200,51202,106957,8885,106955,39760,57282,83382,106954],"class_list":["post-292596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-hutto","tag-hutto-130","tag-hutto-development","tag-hutto-housing","tag-hutto-retail","tag-pflugerville","tag-pflugerville-130","tag-pflugerville-development","tag-pflugerville-housing","tag-pflugerville-retail","tag-sh-130"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292596","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=292596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}