{"id":432251,"date":"2026-09-10T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432251\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:44:09","slug":"closure-for-san-antonio-road-project-with-18m-price-tag-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432251\/","title":{"rendered":"Closure for San Antonio road project with $18M price tag delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s no question the Northeast Side of San Antonio is undergoing a residential and commercial boom \u2013 it\u2019s part of why nearly every highway in the area is undergoing a massive overhaul. But even roads once deemed rural, like Lookout and Toepperwein, are now busy thoroughfares. And Lookout Road <\/a>is expected to look very different in the coming months\u2026 eventually.<\/p>\n

The City of Live Oak originally announced the closure of Lookout Road from Toepperwein Road<\/a> to Loop 1604. It would\u2019ve spelled dicey conditions for midday travelers in the area on Thursday, September 10. But drivers have a bit more time to brace for the traffic backup or plan to avoid the area, as the closure was postponed until September 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planned roadwork has been postponed by the contractor until September 23rd,\u201d the City of Live Oak noted<\/a> in a public post. \u201cThe work will include removal of existing road markers\/reflectors [and the] installation of 1,148 new road markers\/reflectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s part of a much larger project to rework Lookout Road, which was funded in part by an $18 million transportation bond passed by voters in 2022. In 2023, agendas show that the Live Oak City Council approved using $7.5 million from the Economic Development Fund<\/a> to begin construction, including on Lookout Road.<\/p>\n

In fact, Lookout Road is collecting cash from many municipalities. The Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization \u2013 the agency that diverts state and federal dollars to San Antonio-area transportation projects \u2013 is shelling out millions to the City of Selma to fix the stretch of Lookout Road as well.<\/p>\n

The area has seen massive growth over the past decade as residents have spread out from the city center in search of affordable housing, and businesses have been quick to follow. However, it\u2019s sparked some growing pains, as locals tell MySA that the intersection of Lookout and Toepperwein roads is one of the worst around.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cCars fly, then Lookout traffic bunches with commuters as [Interstate] 35 and [Loop] 1604 clog up,\u201d Kelly\u00a0Coughlin told MySA, with another local saying TxDOT vowed a solution by the end of 2025 that\u2019s never come to fruition. \u201cThen you have train tracks paralleling Lookout, causing congestion [and] creating high-risk crossings and turns.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been countless calls for a traffic light at this intersection, but there\u2019s no clear evidence one is on the way. Except AAMPO did a lot:\u00a0$536,000 for railroad work<\/a> at Toepperwein and Lookout \u201cin support of a new preempted traffic signal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of what happens in the future, a frustrating closure is in the cards for drivers who frequent Lookout Road come September 23. Maybe plan an alternate route or save the drive home from the office until after 4\u00a0p.m. And the project is only 25% complete<\/a>, so more closures may be on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no question the Northeast Side of San Antonio is undergoing a residential and commercial boom \u2013 it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[820,59494,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-432251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432251","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=432251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}