Environmental Plan Approved For Proposed Oak Hill Parkway

Federal Highway Administration officials approved the proposed environmental protection plan for a project to build the proposed Oak Hill Parkway with an estimated $440 million price tag to improve mobility along US Highway 290 and State Highway 71 in west Austin.

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials began the environmental study in late 2012 to analyze the impact of the upgrades from State Loop 1 to Ranch-to-Market 1825 and from US Highway 290 and Silvermine Drive on US Highway 71.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) can be viewed online. The plan calls for beginning construction on the non-tolled roadway as early as 2020 and complete the project in about four years.

Plans for the Oak Hill Parkway project include building a roadway with three main lanes for traffic in each direction, three frontage-road lanes in each direction as well as bicycle and pedestrian accommodations such as a seven-mile long path, sidewalks and a trailhead at a creek on William Cannon Drive.

For more information visit www.oakhillparkway.com.