A group intending to improve safety along U.S. 290 near Dripping Springs is claiming some success – though they say more work still needs to be done.
Sarah Kline, president of the 290 Safety Coalition and Texas Freedom Drivers, said negotiations with elected representatives and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have resulted in a planned speed limit reduction on the highway from 60 mph to 55 from Nutty Brown Road to the Dripping Springs city limit. Additionally, she said, another constable is to be added for enforcement and a traffic light will be installed at the highway’s intersection with Traitwein.
Between 2010 and 2019, there were six fatalities on Hwy. 290 between Trautwein and Nutty Brown Road with the 60 mph speed limit.
Kline said the new speed limit signs will be going up soon, and TxDOT has said it will install a temporary light at Trautwein and Hwy. 290 until the former can be leveled.
