By Sahar Chmais  BUDA – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has requested an extension of the school zone along Ranch-to-Market Highway 967 (RM 967), following the addition of Johnson High School.  This would extend the existing school zone limit, starting right before Carpenter Hill Elem...

Release from Hays County HAYS COUNTY -- The long range “corridor preservation study” on a 17-mile stretch of State Highway 21 (SH 21) from State Highway 80 to State Highway 130 began in February 2020, after the Hays County Commissioners Court approved the start of the initial study phase of the proj...

HAYS COUNTY – While the reopening of FM 1626 would have a ribbon-cutting ceremony with oversized scissors, county officials created a virtual celebration video in light of COVID-19. https://vimeo.com/506518713/34ee649ef3 Hays County Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones said the completion of the FM 1626 I...

Texas will continue receiving extreme winter weather for the next few days. Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) provided some tips on how Texans can practice safe driving in hazardous conditions. Slow down. Speed limits are based on normal road and weather conditions, not winter road conditio...

Staff Report They’ve already gotten the speed limit lowered. Now a Western Hays County group is revving up its legislative outreach months ahead of 2021. The 290 Safety Coalition had pressed for the TxDOT speed study conducted in June 2019 that resulted in the lowering of the speed limit Aug. 3 to 5...

Local residents can now take part in a virtual Town Hall regarding long-range planning along the State Highway 21 corridor, which connects portions of eastern Hays County with Caldwell County. The roadway is also a major thoroughfare between San Marcos and Bastrop. The virtual town hall runs through...

The city of Dripping Springs was awarded two grants totaling more than $2.8 million from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to improve pedestrian safety via the construction of two sidewalk projects. The grants were awarded through TxDOT’s Transportation Alternative Set-Aside Program (TA...

Submitted Report Nearly half of Texas teens killed in vehicle crashes in 2018 were not wearing a seat belt. Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of deaths among teenagers, but one simple click could help change that. That’s why TxDOT’s “Teen Click It or Ticket” campaign urges teens to click it each...

TxDOT’s Contractor, Lonestar Sitework, has completed the mill and overlay work on the east side of Main Street in Downtown Buda. Work has now shifted to the west side of Main Street. The southbound lane of Main Street between Ash Street and Peach Street will remain closed to vehicular traffic during...

Wimberley City Council is beginning to set end dates and deadlines for the wastewater project that has taken at least three years of negotiations. The council agreed on Wednesday that in order to cross Cypress Creek to get to Aqua Texas, the city needs to complete easement negotiations with landowne...