{"id":360237,"date":"2026-07-03T19:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:11:43","slug":"400m-available-for-central-texas-transportation-projects-in-2019-22-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360237\/","title":{"rendered":"$400M available for Central Texas transportation projects in 2019-22 | Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through Jan. 18, cities and counties in Central Texas will submit transportation projects to be considered for $400 million in funding available over the next four years.
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\nFunding comes from state and federal dollars, including from voter-approved propositions 1 and 7, and will be awarded to projects that will be included the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization\u2019s 2019-22 Transportation Improvement Program. This plan identifies transportation projects that will begin construction work in 2019-22.
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\nThe application process opened Dec. 11 and will close Jan. 18. Jurisdictions in CAMPO\u2019s six-county region, which consist of Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties, may submit projects for funding consideration, as well as agencies such as the Texas Department of Transportation and Capital Metro, the city of Austin\u2019s transit agency.
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\nProjects in the current 2017-20 TIP include:
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\n\u2022 Portions of I-35
\n\u2022 SH 29 in Georgetown
\n\u2022 RM 620 in Round Rock
\n\u2022 Bicycle striping and a walking trail in Rollingwood
\n\u2022 Sidewalks along North Lamar Boulevard in North Austin
\n\u2022 RM 1431 in Cedar Park
\n\u2022 Highway Emergency Response Operator, or HERO program.
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\nThis spring, CAMPO staff will sift through projects using a set of criteria that its policy board amended in November. In April, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the projects recommended for funding, and the CAMPO policy board will vote on the final list of projects in May.
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\nProjects will be rated on performance, such as the project\u2019s impact on congestion and mobility, its regional impact and safety measures; a cost\/benefit analysis; and project readiness, meaning how far along it is in the development process. Projects will receive an overall score and the highest-ranking projects will be recommended for funding, according to CAMPO documents.
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\n\u201cAt the end of this entire process, we will have to pick the best projects and create a portfolio that has value for the region as a whole,\u201d said Anthony Gonzales, community outreach planner for CAMPO.
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\nDuring the public comment period, Gonzales said residents will be able to see which projects didn\u2019t make the cut and why.
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\nJurisdictions and agencies may also submit projects in six categories: roadways; operations intelligent transportation systems such as dynamic message signs; transit; active transportation, such as walking and biking; transportation demand management; and other for nontraditional projects. Projects are scored in their individual categories.
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\nOne of the biggest changes to the criteria was adding a category for travel demand management<\/a>, or TDM, that would mostly affect the city of Austin.
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\n\u201cThe city of Austin really wanted a separate category for TDM for things like a carpool program, work from home or flexible hours,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cIt could apply in different parts of the region but primarily it is for areas that are really congested. The intent was to manage demand of the [transportation] system on those peak hours.\u201d
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\nFor more information on the call for projects and criteria, visit www.campotexeas.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through Jan. 18, cities and counties in Central Texas will submit transportation projects to be considered for $400…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[127936,132,134,133],"class_list":["post-360237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-400m-available-for-central-texas-transportation-projects-in-2019-22","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360237","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=360237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}