#SMTX Traffic Alert: Top Weekly Road Construction & Traffic Traps

The long & short term road construction projects that could affect your drive… Please use caution, drive slowly and watch for heavy equipment, construction workers, and traffic control flaggers.

 

TRAFFIC ALERT: Traffic will have intermittent lane closure citywide for Crosswalk and School Zone striping

ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ALERTS

Street Maintenance Planned for the Following Neighborhoods

FRANKLIN ST. BETWEEN BISHOP AND FURMAN
Intermittent lane closure daily 7 AM – 7 PM through September for curb installation. City of San Marcos Transportation Department 512.393.8036.

JOHNSON BETWEEN DAILY AND MLK
Intermittent lane closures daily 8 AM – 5 PM for sidewalk construction. SM Transportation Department 512.393.8036.

Special Weekly Closures

EAST SAN ANTONIO STREET: Every Saturday FARMERS MARKET
Every Saturday from 7:30 AM to 3 PM Half a block of the street closed from the Alley to N. LBJ for the Farmers Market on the Square. Main Street Program 512.393.8430.

Long Term

DOWNTOWN LOFTS APARTMENTS PROJECT 9/13/19 to 01/20/20 CONSTRUCTION
Traffic impacts include Fredricksburg Street at Hopkins Street to San Antonio, the southbound lane of Telephone Alley at Hopkins to San Antonio, Feltner Alley at San Antonio; will be closed due to construction starting September 13, 2019 – January 20, 2020. A.C.G. LLC 248.632.2311.

MILL STREET RECONSTRUCTION May 2019 to Fall 2019 RECONSTRUCTION OF WATERLINE SERVICES, POTHOLING
Mill Street between 500 and 700 blocks will have partial lane closure through the fall of 2019, for the reconstruction of waterline services and potholing. Phase Two Traffic Control Plan will be implemented on September 5, 2019. City of San Marcos Engineering/ CIP Dept., 512.393.8130; Smith Contracting, 512.789.5441.

HOPKINS STREET Nov. 18, 2019 to Fall 2020 UTILITY INSTALLATION
Hopkins Street will be closed starting November 18 – the fall of 2020 for a Road Widening Project and Underground Utility Installation. Richard Reynosa 512.393.8235.

COERS STREET 10/01/2018 to 12/01/2019 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS
Coers Street between Old RR 12 to Owens Street will have southbound lane closure to through traffic starting October 1, 2018, to December 1, 2019, from 7 AM to 5:30 PM for drainage improvement. Denbow Company 512.264.2767.

CM ALLEN 07/25/2019 to 12/15/2019 RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY
CM Allen between University Drive and Hopkins Street will have a full lane closure starting July 25, 2018, through December 15, 2019, for the Reconstruction of the Roadway. City of San Marcos Engineering/ CIP Dept. 512.393.8130

EASTBOUND CONCHO STREET AUGUST 2018 to SUMMER 2020CONSTRUCTION
Eastbound Concho Street between LBJ and Guadalupe will be closed, LBJ and Guadalupe will also have narrow lanes between University Drive and Concho Street, starting Aug. 6, 2018 through the summer of 2020 for Construction. 3411 Builders, Inc., Richard Bagby 832.449.0328.

STUDENT CENTER DRIVE JAN. 31, 2020 LBJ STUDENT CENTER EXPANSION
Student Center Drive from Matthews to the North Loading Dock of the Alkek Library will be closed until January 31, 2020. For the expansion of the LBJ Student Center. Service and delivery access to Alkek Library and Derrick Hall loading docks will be available, via Russell and Pickard Streets.

Starting on August 21, 2019, Matthews Street from Russell Circle to N. LBJ Street, Elm Street, Smith Hall Parking Lot will also be closed. There will be delivery vehicle access to Russell Circle, Pickard Street, Buckner Street, and a portion of Matthews Street to serve the North Alkek Library loading dock and the Math Computer Science loading dock. All parking adjacent to Arnold Hall is closed. Texas State University 512.245.2202.

On Saturday, November 23, 2019, a mobile construction crane will be erected in order to serve the Alkek Library Wittliff Gallery Expansion project. The crane will mobilize and set-up at 6:00 a.m. and will demobilize by 4:00 PM

The crane will be staged on Talbot Street, near Alkek Library’s south loading dock. The sidewalk between this location and Jones Dining Hall will be temporarily closed to pedestrian traffic.

The Alkek Parking Garage will remain open, with access from Comanche Street only. Traffic control flag personnel will be present to assist. If you have questions, please contact Joe Alexandre, Construction Manager, at jla143@txstate.edu.


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