San Marcos Road Construction & Traffic Update

MOORE AT READ ST: Beginning on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 7 a.m., Moore Street at Read Street will be closed to make grading adjustments and asphalt repairs around the utility vaults located in Moore Street. This street closure will cut off access to the small adjacent parking lot area. Moore Street and the parking lot will reopen at 8 p.m. on July 26, 2015. Texas State University, 512.245.2202

HUNTER RD: The next phase of the Hunter Road widening project continues through mid-July 2015. Construction includes street widening and the installation of new water, wastewater and drainage pipe. Traffic will be one-way northbound on Hunter between Dixon and Bishop. Southbound traffic will detour at Bishop, Craddock and Wonder World. Residents along Hopkins south of Bishop will be able to access their homes by taking Bishop to Belvin and back to Hopkins. TxDOT, 512.393.8235

OLD BASTROP HWY/ HWY 123 / RATTLER RD: As part of the City’s new pavement management program, street maintenance began on Old Bastrop Hwy from Hwy 123 to Rattler Rd. on June 29, 2015 from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. weekdays. Project length is estimated at 2 to 3 weeks, weather permitting, and will involve alternating single lane closures. Vehicles should be parked off the street or they may be towed at owners’ expense. Drive carefully, obey all traffic control flaggers and be cautious of heavy equipment and fresh oil on the street. City of San Marcos Streets Dept., 512.393.8036

600 – 1700 BLOCK OF MILL ST.: As part of the City’s new pavement management program, street maintenance will begin throughout the 600-700 block of Mill St. on July 6, 2015 from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays. Project length is estimated at 2 to 3 weeks, weather permitting, and will involve alternating south bound single lane closures. Vehicles should be parked off the street or they may be towed at owners’ expense. Drive carefully, obey all traffic control flaggers and be cautious of heavy equipment and fresh oil on the street. City of San Marcos Streets Dept., 512.393.8036

HAZELTON/PERKINS: Construction will be performed on July 6-9, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Obey all appropriate traffic signage flaggers for traffic control. M&C Fonseca Construction, Inc. 830.596.1754

HWY 80 FROM CLAREWOOD TO IH-35: TxDot is widening SH 80 from Clarewood to IH-35 to allow a second left lane for traffic traveling from SH 80 to South IH-35. Construction will last approximately three months, weather permitting. TxDOT, 512.924.1715

100 BLK WESTWOODS & 200 BLK OF TALBOT: Portions of West Woods Street and Talbot Street will be under construction, with alternating lane closures and one way through traffic with flaggers present for the installation of sanitary sewer site utilities. Vehicles will still be able to access Woods Street garage and the Alkek parking garage during this phase of construction. All lanes will be fully open to traffic on Friday Aug. 14, 2015. Texas State University, 512.245.2202

700-800 BLOCK OF N. LBJ DRIVE: Portions of the N. LBJ Bus loop will be under construction with one lane open into campus from Sessom onto N. LBJ Dr. and one lane leaving campus on N. LBJ Dr. to Sessom. Vehicles will be able to access the Pleasant Street Garage as well as Pleasant Street. The project will be complete and lanes fully re-opened by July 31, 2015, weather permitting. Texas State University, 512.245.2202

NORTH LBJ AT YOUNGER: Reconstruction of N.LBJ will continue until end of July 2015 in conjunction with the N.LBJ reconstruction project for street, sidewalk, drainage, water and wastewater improvements. Younger Street can be accessed from Chestnut during this time. Engineering/Capital Improvements, 512.393.8130

EAST SAN ANTONIO STREET: Every Saturday from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Half a block of street closed from the alley to N. LBJ for the Farmers Market on the Square. Main Street Program, 512.393.8430

LONG TERM ROAD PROJECTS:

• MOORE STREET: Moore Street is closed from Read to Holland Street until 2016 for dormitory construction. Texas State University FPDC, 512.245.2202
• NORTH LBJ: Until August of 2015. Reconstruction project for street, sidewalk, drainage, water and wastewater improvements. Motorists will be detoured one way northbound on LBJ from Forest to Holland Streets and will use Chestnut as a southbound route during construction. Engineering/Capital Improvements, 512.393.8130
• TxDOT HUNTER ROAD (FM 2439) PROJECT: Lane closures on Hunter Road between Wonder World Drive and Bishop Street for road, bridge, drainage, bicycle and pedestrian improvements through the Fall 2015. TxDOT, 512.282.2113 or City of San Marcos CIP/ Engineering, 512.393.8130.