By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY – The Hays County Commissioners Court discussed a letter sent by the Travis County Commissioners Court opposing the completion of the State Highway 45 expansion project.   On Aug. 30, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved a $2.5 million engineering and design cont...

Heavy rain and flooding that swept through the area over the last few weeks postponed an event celebrating the opening of State Highway 45 Southwest (SW). But according to officials, the 4.5-mile, four-lane toll road that connects MoPac in south Austin to FM 1626 near Bliss Spillar Road in Hays Coun...

Enhanced mobility efforts in Hays and Travis counties were supported Aug. 10 as a U.S. District Court in Austin dismissed an injunction against construction on the State Highway 45 southwest and MoPac intersection projects. The lawsuit, filed by the Save our Springs Alliance (SOS) and other plaintif...

By Samantha Smith Preliminary steps toward moving forward with a project that would connect FM 1626 in Hays County to MoPac in Austin occurred last week as the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) is now seeking bids for construction of State Highway 45 southwest (SH 45 SW).  Hays Count...