Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Article Image Alt Text

County approves road improvements in valley

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved safety and mobility improvements to several roadways in Precinct 3.

“These much-needed improvements, along with others currently in design (FM 3237 to the FM 150 junction and the Ranch Road 12-Winters Mill Parkway intersection) should provide a higher level of safety and mobility for the citizens of Hays County,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell said. “I appreciate the coordination with Wimberley ISD as its leaders have planned their new school – we have been in constant communication regarding the impact to traffic in the area.”

Shell noted that since the projects all involve state infrastructure, the County will work with TxDOT throughout the planning stages and seek outside construction funding from sources like CAMPO to reduce the financial burden on taxpayers.

Jacob’s Well Road:

A corridor study of Jacob’s Well Road will begin once a contract is negotiated. The study will include schematic, environmental documentation, and services such as plans, specifications, and estimates. The study, a high-priority safety project, will include the roadway from FM 2325 to RM 12 and would address improvements to accommodate school bus and passenger vehicle traffic anticipated with the opening of a new elementary school. The study would also include improvements at key intersections and to sight distances. Funding will come from the county’s 2016 voter-approved Road Bond Program. This initial work would allow the county to program construction funding in its FY 2020 budget, and potentially seek funding from CAMPO.

Ranch Road 12 near

Jacob’s Well Road

Ranch Road 12 safety improvements from Jacob’s Well Road to the Golds Road intersection will get underway with a study providing schematic, environmental documentation, and estimates. The project is another high-priority project that will address safety and mobility improvements near both intersections. This initial work would allow the county to program construction funding in its FY 2020 budget, and potentially seek funding from CAMPO.

Ranch Road 12 at

Mountain Crest

The court also approved an agreement with a firm to provide schematic design, environmental documentation, and estimates for the Ranch Road 12 safety improvement project near the intersection of Mountain Crest and Skyline Drive for future construction funding. The court anticipates requesting CAMPO funding for construction.

Ranch Road 12 and

FM 3237

Intersection improvements at Ranch Road 12 and FM 3237 are part of a TXDOT project being developed by Hays County. With the project, expect to see widening of Ranch Road 12 to add a free right-turn lane for westbound traffic to proceed north on FM 3237.FM 3237 will be widened as well to accommodate the westbound to northbound free right-turn lane from RR 12 to FM 3237; a new northbound acceleration lane, a striped median; a southbound to eastbound left-turn and southbound to westbound right-turn lane. Additional improvements will be made to infrastructure at the intersection, including accommodating vehicles traveling eastbound on RR 12 that turn left onto FM 3237.

Wimberley View

P.O. Box 49
Wimberley, TX 78676
Phone: 512-847-2202
Fax: 512-847-9054