Transportation

The City of Cedar Park, Williamson County and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officially "cut the ribbon" on the 1431 Pass-Through Project on November 16, 2016. This transportation project, which is a partnership among the City, the County and TxDOT, is the most significant in Cedar Park history.

• Reconstruction of Anderson Mill Road from just south of Gaspar Bend to Ranch to Market Road (RM) 1431

• Project located in the Cedar Park One/Carriage Hills subdivisions between Lakeline Boulevard and Bagdad Road, south of New Hope Drive
• Construction consists of removing existing asphalt along the edge of residential streets and placing a new layer of asphalt over the full width of the street
• This project is complete
• Funded through annual pavement maintenance funds and the 2015 November bond election

• Utility undergrounding construction portion of the Bell Boulevard road realignment
• The City has installed the underground conduits
• Franchise utility companies are beginning their portion of the relocation work 
• Utility undergrounding completed in late summer 2020 so that construction of the actual roadway was able to begin in September 2020

Four new connections/extensions have been completed as of February 2020:

• West Extension: Extensions between Little Elm Trail and Bell Boulevard
• YMCA Connection: Extensions between Bell Boulevard to the Twin Lakes YMCA
• Internal Connection: Internal connection to a drinking fountain and restroom facilities at the Twin Lakes YMCA
• Lake Connection: New Connection To Brushy Creek Road near Parmer Lane

The New Hope Drive extension project provides additional capacity for traffic traveling east and west through the City:

• Construction of four lanes from Cottonwood Creek Trail to Ronald Reagan
• Construction of a raised median
• Construction of a 10 foot shared use path along southern side of the roadway
• Installation of street lighting
• Installation of signal at the Ronald Reagan intersection
• Installation of new water and wastewater lines
• Extension of Arrow Point Drive

• Roadway reconstruction of a portion of Little Elm Trail and Fire Lane past the YMCA Facility
• Construction completed in fall 2020

The Little Elm Trail project was completed in January 2017. It provides drivers an additional east-west route between Bell Boulevard (U.S. Highway 183) and Lakeline Boulevard.

• Provide an improved right turn lane on southbound Bell Boulevard at Cypress Creek Road
• Community Development Board (Type B) funded
• Construction will be performed in conjunction with the Bell Boulevard Reconstruction mill-and-overlay of Bell Boulevard
• This project is complete

• Turn lanes on Lakeline Boulevard at Park Street, Treeline and New Hope
• Project completed in fall 2020
• Community Development Board (Type B) funded

• Right turn lanes on Ronald Reagan Boulevard at Caballo Ranch Road at County Road (CR) 180
• Project completed in fall 2020
• Community Development Board (Type B) funded

• Turn lanes on Whitestone Boulevard at Discovery Boulevard, Railyard and Walton Way
• Project completed in fall 2020
• Community Development Board (Type B) funded

This project closes gaps in existing sidewalk across the City.

Phase 4

• Bell Boulevard: west side north of Whitestone Boulevard
• Cottonwood Creek Trail at Medical Parkway
• Hatch Road east side north of Rural Route (RR) 620
• Iris Lane north of Heather Lane
• Giddens Elementary: 2-ramps
• Carriage Hills Alley crossing: 8-ramps

Phase 3

These areas were completed in Summer 2017:

• Town Center pedestrian ramps at diamond intersection of Alamo Plaza and Enchanted Rock
• El Salido Parkway at Heather Drive
• East Park Street ramp relocation at Gadwall Lane
• Buttercup Creek Boulevard west of Bell Boulevard fronting The Commons shopping center

Construction to widen RM 1431 between Cottonwood Creek Trail and Market Street, known as the 1431 Gap Project is complete. TX Department of Transportation managed all aspects of the design and construction of this project.

Bond funded project includes improvements to existing intersections:

• C Bar Ranch Trail at Whitestone Boulevard 
• Arrow Point Drive at Whitestone Boulevard - paving and striping completed
• Discovery Boulevard at Whitestone Boulevard - paving and striping completed
• Lakeline Boulevard at Whitestone Boulevard 
• Kenai Drive at Parmer Lane 

1. Vista Ridge High on Vista Ridge - Work is complete
2. Giddens Elem. on Timberwood - Paving is complete and crosswalks were placed before school started
3. Deer Creek Elem. on Anderson Mill – Zeppelin intersection paving, sidewalks/ramps and crosswalk striping are complete. 
4. Mason Elem. on Lakeline Blvd. – Work is complete

    •    The remaining scope of work and a few areas still in need of repair will be part of a future summer project, most likely next summer.