{"id":79753,"date":"2025-12-07T23:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/79753\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T23:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:30:47","slug":"5-transportation-updates-to-know-in-western-travis-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/79753\/","title":{"rendered":"5 transportation updates to know in western Travis County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere are five transportation updates from across the Lake Travis-Westlake area for December, according to Bee Cave, Lakeway and Texas Department of Transportation officials.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing projects <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/projects\/hearings-meetings\/austin\/2024\/sh71-from-bee-creek-road-to-uplands-ridge-drive-101724.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hwy. 71 Safety Improvement Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project: implementing medians on Hwy. 71 from Bee Creek Road to Bee Cave Parkway<\/p>\n<p>Update: finalizing construction of the medians and closing out the project<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: completion expected early 2026Cost: $2.8 millionFunding source: federal funding<a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/loop360\/projects.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loop 360 Courtyard Drive\/RM 2222<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project: removing traffic signals from mainlanes and constructing an underpass at Courtyard Drive; reconfiguring RM 2222 to include a diverging diamond interchange; addition of shared-use paths and sidewalks<\/p>\n<p>Update: excavation is ongoing of the west cliffs adjacent to southbound lanes<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: construction expected to begin mid-2026, completion TBDCost: $68.39 millionFunding source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TxDOT<\/a>, city of Austin 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/data.austintexas.gov\/stories\/s\/Austin-Mobility-Bond-Programs\/yc6i-n962\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility Bond<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/loop360\/projects.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loop 360 Westlake Drive\/Cedar Street<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project: removing traffic signals from mainlanes and creating an underpass beneath both cross streets; adding shared-use paths and sidewalks<\/p>\n<p>Update: bridge over Cedar Street is in progress<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: Cedar Street bridge expected to open Dec. 21; project completion estimated mid-2026Cost: $72.1 millionFunding source: Texas Department of Transportation, city of Austin 2016 Mobility BondFlint Rock Road\/Wild Cherry Drive light <\/p>\n<p>Project: installation of a new light at the intersection of Wild Cherry Drive and Flint Rock Road<\/p>\n<p>Update: work currently underway, delays at Wild Cherry Drive\/Flint Rock Road intersection possible<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: completion anticipated early 2026Cost: $692,449Funding source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeway-tx.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city of Lakeway<\/a>Completed projects <\/p>\n<p>Bee Cave Parkway\/RM 620 turn lane <\/p>\n<p>Project: adding a dedicated right-turn lane from Bee Cave Parkway to RM 620; creation of a dedicated through-lane for traffic heading west on Bee Cave Parkway; median improvements<\/p>\n<p>Update: completed Nov. 3<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: October 2024-November 2025Cost: $2.2 millionFunding source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morgangroup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Morgan Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are five transportation updates from across the Lake Travis-Westlake area for December, according to Bee Cave, Lakeway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[38955,132,134,133,7600,38956,21203,38957,38954,7603,21202,10708,21204,21207,21206,38958],"class_list":["post-79753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-38955","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bee-cave","tag-bee-cave-parkway","tag-bee-cave-traffic","tag-flint-rock-road","tag-hwy","tag-hwy-71","tag-lake-travis-traffic","tag-lakeway","tag-lakeway-traffic","tag-loop-360","tag-rm-620","tag-westlake-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79753","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=79753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}