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Regular monthly SRNA meeting has been rescheduled to NEXT WEEK TUES.
When: August 21, 7pm
Where: Towne Square Community Center
12550 Country Trails Ln, Austin, TX 78732
What: RM620 funding discussion
Pull together our case for prioritizing and setting aside funding for RM620. Prepare for the Aug 30 Texas Transportation Commission meeting.
Lets meet to discuss mobilization for this meeting and messaging from our entire RM620 corridor.
Please spread the word for others who might want to join this discussion especially other neighborhoods and stake-holders on RM620.
Reminder - Thursday 6pm meeting!
Steiner Ranch Area Evacuation Open House w/ Travis County
@ Canyon Ridge Middle School, 12601 Country Trails Ln.
August 9, 6pm-8pm
The open house is your chance to learn about options being proposed and provide input - so please plan to attend and spread the word to interested friends and neighbors. Project web page: www.traviscountytx.gov/steiner
A working group met on July 17th, 2018 to provide some immediate feedback and alternatives for evacuation to Travis County regarding Steiner Ranch area evacuation. This is part of a process to develop an alternative evacuation option for Steiner Ranch area after the fires of over 6 years ago.A solution area was identified back in 2014 to provide evacuation off of Flat Top Ranch Rd. and also provide access for residents on the Low Water Crossing Rd. side of the neighborhood (Montview Acres, Hidden Valley, etc.). This solution was funded in 2017 and has been under-going a contractor led process to re-fine the project details - determine an ultimate alignment for the route and also support best practice documentation and education for the public (which SRNA has felt is sorely needed).
Some background on fire evacuation can be found here at the SRNA website including a link the only public document on evacuation procedures to-date: steinerranchna.org/issues/safety/#Fire-Evacuation
Get Notified in An Emergency
Travis County is also asking everyone to sign up for emergency alerts. These would be the best way to keep you notified in the event of an emergency such as a wildfire in our area @ "WarnCentralTexas.org": Click on "Get Alerts" and sign up on your cell phone or computer.
* if you would like to receive regular SRNA email updates sign up here:
steinerranchna.org/membership/join-now/
Steiner Ranch Area Evacuation Route Design
traviscountytx.gov
Steiner Ranch Area Evacuation Open House w/ Travis County
@ Canyon Ridge Middle School, 12601 Country Trails Ln.
August 9, 6pm-8pm
The open house is your chance to learn about options being proposed and provide input - so please plan to attend and spread the word to interested friends and neighbors. Project web page: www.traviscountytx.gov/steiner
A working group met on July 17th, 2018 to provide some immediate feedback and alternatives for evacuation to Travis County regarding Steiner Ranch area evacuation. This is part of a process to develop an alternative evacuation option for Steiner Ranch area after the fires of over 6 years ago.A solution area was identified back in 2014 to provide evacuation off of Flat Top Ranch Rd. and also provide access for residents on the Low Water Crossing Rd. side of the neighborhood (Montview Acres, Hidden Valley, etc.). This solution was funded in 2017 and has been under-going a contractor led process to re-fine the project details - determine an ultimate alignment for the route and also support best practice documentation and education for the public (which SRNA has felt is sorely needed).
Some background on fire evacuation can be found here at the SRNA website including a link the only public document on evacuation procedures to-date: steinerranchna.org/issues/safety/#Fire-Evacuation
Get Notified in An Emergency
Travis County is also asking everyone to sign up for emergency alerts. These would be the best way to keep you notified in the event of an emergency such as a wildfire in our area @ "WarnCentralTexas.org": Click on "Get Alerts" and sign up on your cell phone or computer.
* if you would like to receive regular SRNA email updates sign up here:
steinerranchna.org/membership/join-now/
Steiner Ranch Area Evacuation Route Design
traviscountytx.gov
Welcome to the official website of Travis County, Texas.TXDOT: RM-2222 re-striping (round 2!) planned for July 23rd.
As most of us in the Four Points area and beyond have experienced in recent months, traffic heading west-bound on RM-2222 got worse after re-striping took place on May 9, 2018. The change shortened the right turn lane for traffic headed north on RM-620 and changed the use of lanes causing driver confusion. The change was intended to allow safe turns into the center lane from area businesses which previously had to contend with the traffic racing toward the RM-620 intersection. Even after a month of "adjustment period", traffic never recovered to the original efficiency levels and remained worse at most times of day. SRNA and others reported this feedback to TXDOT and TXDOT decided to address the on-going concern with another round of re-striping. They are doing this soon to avoid overlap with school starting in mid-August. Note: TXDOT is also working to complete re-texturing of RM-620 with a safer texture coat before school starts for the fall (this was originally planned for May but was delayed due to technical issues with the texture mix).
Notice from TXDOT:
"Please be advised that starting on Monday, July 23 during daytime, off-peak hours (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.), TXDOT crews will be restriping the westbound lanes of RM 2222, from approximately the Wells Fargo Bank building to RM 620. This will allow for longer cue lines for traffic turning onto RM 620.
In addition, during the evening hours of July 23, we will be adding flexible delineators on RM 2222, to discourage illegal left-turns.
The purpose of these changes is to adjust striping to better suit traffic demands. A diagram of the proposed changes is attached.
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This will address two of the main down-side consequences of the recent changes by re-extended the right turn lane (looks like about 40% longer than present, but not as long as originally), and also using the delineators to avoid driver confusion which also contributed to back-ups and accidents. We will watch carefully to see if traffic patters return to more optimal behavior after the changes (we sure hope so). Please let us know what you see! The feedback we received after the last round of changes especially after the initial confusion subsided was valuable.
July SRNA Board meeting moved to accommodate Evacuation working meeting this month! Plus
Traffic Updates below:
(No Board meeting tonight - if you were planning to come and have something on your mind please drop an email: chair@steinerranchna.org)
Our regular SRNA board meeting was rescheduled for July to accommodate a working group on evacuation planning for Steiner.
Evacuation meeting this month instead: For those not familiar, there has been a plan to add an additional access point to Steiner Ranch and we are going through process of consultant feedback from the county before the county opens up to the public and finally construction. We will meet next week with stakeholders from NA, HOA, LISD, etc. If you are interested in joining the working group, or just want to chat on this subject before the meeting please drop an email: chair@steinerranchna.org
Minutes from June meeting will be sent out in a separate email.
Traffic update:
*TXDOT does plan to re-stripe RM620 to extend the right turn lane and add better directional indicators to address slower traffic movement through the intersection since the original re-striping. They are working out the details and will send out a press release expected in the next week or so. We are hoping they can get the changes done before school starts on Aug 16. TXDOT is aware of this concern. Thanks to all who provided feedback after the re-striping.
* Re-paving of RM620 north of Mansfield Dam was planned for May to re-texturize (improve grip for safety) but was delayed due to issues w/ the composition of the texture mix. TXDOT has been working through the issue and hopes to complete before school starts - but they are not sure if the ultimate timeline.
* The working group of political stakeholders and TXDOT is set to meet to discuss short term safety improvements (the first step for RM620 improvements) - we'll let you know as soon as we hear the result.
* TXDOT has been working to hire consultant for long term planning of RM620 - this will begin phase of identifying the ultimate detailed footprint for RM620 which will lead to the ultimate improvements. They are still planning to look at improvements to Anderson Mill as an interim step.
* City of Austin and TXDOT have been meeting to discuss the 2222/620 improvements - this includes more advanced signaling technology - we'll be looking into the details to find out what is to come. Also looking at pedestrian and bicycle handling. We'll have more info on timeline for construction and other items at annual meeting planned for coming months.