Tensions are boiling over in the Hays County Commissioners Court over a a multimillion-dollar Buda road project that is slated to help create a traffic loop around Austin.
The Austin skyline sits beyond a bicyclist as she rides along Sunfield Parkway east of Interstate 35 in Buda. A 3.7-mile gap exists in Buda between where State Highway 45 ends at FM 1626 and then begins again at Interstate 35. If the gap is closed, it essentially would create a traffic loop around Austin.BUDA —
Hays County commissioners voted 4-1 — with Judge Ruben Becerra the lone “no” vote — on Aug. 30 to approve spending $2.5 million on an engineering study to determine whether building the 3.7-mile section of roadway would be feasible. Advocates for the roadway say it will alleviate traffic for drivers in Kyle and Buda needing to get to and from Austin by providing a bypass to I-35. Opponents say it will be built over sensitive environment and could threaten the Edwards Aquifer.
It would cross over “pristine, untouched Central Texas habitat” that’s likely to have protected species of warblers and salamanders, Strother said, as well as possible Native American archaeological sites.
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