By Sahar Chmais
It’s no secret, the city of Buda and its population has been growing, which means the traffic is also expanding. In order to address concerns and find solutions to ease traffic, the city will host an open house for a Transportation and Mobility Master Plan.
On Thursday Feb. 20, the city invites community members to participate in a meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Buda City Hall lobby to discuss transportation needs. The city will present input collected from the fall 2019 transportation survey and show a map of the recommendations brought forth on things such as roadway, bike and pedestrian improvements.
The goal of the project is to facilitate development of roads, bicycle lanes, trails, transit services and pedestrian amenities which would also support existing and planned land uses of the city.
Also Thursday, the city will launch a second community survey with staff on hand to answer questions regarding the Transportation and Mobility Plan.
Buda has been planning to improve transportation throughout the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction since December 2018. They’ve been searching for qualified firms and joint ventures to help make this project happen. K Friese + Associates was selected as the transportation planning service consultant so they can conduct a comprehensive review of the transportation system.
K Friese + Associates will provide the city with transportation planning, urban planning, traffic engineering, traffic demand modeling, corridor analyses, transit studies and possibly more.
The City Council approved The Project as part of the 2018-2019 annual budget.
