UPDATED: Hays County Commissioners, La Cima Open Phase 1 Of Centerpoint Road Extension
In 2015, the San Marcos Planning and Zoning commission proposed and approved a development agreement with La Cima San Marcos, which included the completion of a portion of the Centerpoint Road extension to Ranch Road 12.
By, Terra Rivers, Managing Editor
On Tuesday, August 28, the Hays County Commissioners Court considered two items regarding the first phase of the Centerpoint Road extension to Ranch Road 12.
In 2012, the Hays County and the San Marcos Transportation plan proposed the extension as a potential solution for alleviating traffic on the west side of San Marcos.
The proposed project, when completed, will provide a connection from Ranch Road 12 to I-35.
Both agenda items passed with a 4-0 vote and no discussion or comments from commissioners or the public. With the warranty bonds accepted, La Cima opened the road to traffic within minutes of the commissioners’ approval.
In 2015, the San Marcos Planning and Zoning commission proposed and approved a development agreement with La Cima San Marcos, which included the completion of a portion of the Centerpoint Road extension to Ranch Road 12.
The developer started construction on the road in 2017 and completed it in the last two weeks. However, the road remained blocked by barricades until commissioners voted to accept the road construction and drainage improvements, release of the LOC #5132 and accept the maintenance and revegetation bonds for the subdivision.
Eric Willis, Project Developer for La Cima, said La Cima’s role in the project was simply to help fulfill the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s vision of connectivity between I-35 and downtown San Marcos.
To highlight the road’s completion, two of La Cima’s builders, Highland and Wilshire Homes, opened their model homes for the development on Saturday, August 25. Currently, the development has seven homes under construction.
However, builders are expected to have started construction on 12 to 15 more homes within the next 30 days.
Highland Homes is offering tours from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and Noon to 6:00 PM on Sunday; visitors are required to schedule their tours. The Wilshire Homes’ model is open Sunday and Monday from Noon to 7:00 PM and Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Walk-ins are welcome.
The model home for La Cima’s third builder, Scott Felder Homes, is still under construction; however, it is projected to be completed sometime between late September to early October.
According to Willis, 12 homes had already been sold before the models opened; however, construction has not started on all of them as of yet.
La Cima closed on their first home site with Wilshire Homes in March 2018.
The first phase of the homes to be built will start in the mid $200,000 range and can go up to $500,000 depending on the lot, options and builder chosen.
The Centerpoint Road connection is planned to run through two private properties, the Herrera Tract and the Posey Tract, before connecting with the Kissing Ranch development at Centerpoint and Hunter Road.
Once completed the road will offer residents an alternative route from I-35 and potentially alleviate traffic issues at Wonder World Drive and the interstate.
Former Hays County Commissioner, Will Conley, who was on the court when the project was first proposed, said that the county’s main concern had been to preserve the corridor so the project could be completed once funding was available.
Commissioner Lon Shell said currently, the county is still in the planning process with the property owners on what route the road will take, but the county hopes to have everything at least on paper in the next six months.
Shell said La Cima’s city utilities will have to connect with Kissing Trees, and the county hopes to plan the utility lines into the right of way along the Centerpoint Rd extension.
