{"id":389582,"date":"2026-07-28T20:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389582\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:30:08","slug":"hays-county-invites-residents-to-southwest-connector-open-house-in-dripping-springs-southwest-austin-dripping-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389582\/","title":{"rendered":"Hays County invites residents to Southwest Connector open house in Dripping Springs | Southwest Austin &#8211; Dripping Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayscountytx.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hays County<\/a> may soon see upgrades to transportation infrastructure. County officials will host a public meeting in August to receive resident feedback on a proposed roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The big picture<\/p>\n<p>County officials are moving forward with the planning and design for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayscoroads.com\/dripping-springs-sw-connection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roadway<\/a> proposed southwest of Dripping Springs. The project is intended to address future transportation needs, roadway capacity and connectivity as the region grows, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The county previously conducted a feasibility study from 2020-2022 to identify a possible route and develop engineering plans. During this time, county officials coordinated with property owners and hosted two public meetings.<\/p>\n<p>(Courtesy Hays County)<\/p>\n<p>The project proposes constructing segments through Precincts 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The open house will be held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drippingspringsranchpark.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center<\/a> in August. Community members can review project information and provide feedback by speaking directly with the project team.<\/p>\n<p>Those unable to attend in person can review materials and provide feedback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayscoroads.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> through Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 6, 4:30-7 p.m.Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center, 1042 Event Center Drive, Dripping Springs<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayscoroads.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.hayscoroads.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in Hays County may soon see upgrades to transportation infrastructure. County officials will host a public meeting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,4170,2427,137236],"class_list":["post-389582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dripping-springs","tag-hays-county","tag-southwest-connector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389582","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=389582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}