TxDOT has released the most detailed description yet of plans to widen I-35 through the core of Austin — explaining how the agency believes its multibillion-dollar highway expansion could affect everything from parks to pollution. | KUTNathan
Modified Build Alternative 3 would also shift both frontage roads to the east side of the interstate between Dean Keeton Street and 15th Street and then to the west side of the highway from 15th Street to Cesar Chavez.
Side-by-side frontage roads would create"boulevard sections," TxDOT says, that could run next to city-funded decks covering the lowered highway from Cesar Chavez to Eighth Street.This TxDOT illustration shows what it could look like if frontage roads ran next to each other alongside a lowered and covered I-35. Austin would need to raise up to $800 million to pay for the coverings, or"caps" — not including annual maintenance costs.
TxDOT is in talks with the University of Texas about the possibility of UT paying to cover I-35 next to campus. The upper decks, whichModified Build Alternative 3 adds something called a single-point urban interchange at I-35 and Riverside Drive. A SPUI allows all left-hand turns to be controlled by a single traffic signal. The configuration means more vehicles can move through an intersection, but it also requires more space.
The preferred expansion includes a pedestrian- and bicycle-only bridge at Woodland Avenue, but — unlike the competing plan — excludes direct connectors between I-35 and U.S. 290 East.Woodland Avenue would no longer cross under I-35 under TxDOT's preferred design. Instead, an elevated shared-use path -- indicated by a blue line on this schematic -- would allow people to walk, bike or roll over 19 lanes of interstate.on the draft environmental impact statement from now until March 7.
After the public comment hearing ends, TxDOT has to consider and respond to each comment and make a final decision about the road design. That final environmental impact statement is expected this summer. Construction is slated to start in late 2025.to support it. Your gift pays for everything you find on KUT.org. Thanks for donating today.
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