A $14.9 million project that could one day prevent stopped trains from clogging traffic in downtown Kyle is now on the city’s Transportation Master Plan. The move, done by a 7-0 Kyle City Council vote Dec. 5, could help Kyle have “more impact” in its request to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning...

The Kyle city council approved spending $270,000 on a preliminary engineering study to remove a railroad switch station, or rail siding, from the downtown sector. The scope of the study is to provide the city with an understanding of how much work will be required to move the siding from downtown Ky...

L ibby and I always enjoy seeing so many friends at Founder’s Day. Each year Kyle seems to be a little bigger with so much more traffic. This year, after the parade, we toured the well restored old depot and met with Kyle officials to discuss the disruptive impact of Union Pacific trains parked on t...

A stopped train blocking traffic in downtown Kyle is a familiar, and often frustrating, scene for area residents.   If Kyle and Hays County officials have their way, such an issue could be a problem of the past.  Discussions on relocating the Union Pacific Railroad rail siding, or switch station, ne...