From surveying to actual upgrades, such projects include Manchaca and Dittmar road work in the south, as well as the proposed upgrading of Rutherford Lane and an extension of South First Street from Slaughter Lane to FM1626. In addition, work on the Lamar bridge pedestrian-bicycle project is expected to begin at the end of the year, along with renovations to Loyola and Howard lanes in the north, Kroger says. For the last six years we've really tried to focus on bike ways, pedestrian orientation, and things like that. We have begun to catch up with street repair problems. Not a lot of money has gone into new construction, other than what is happening at the regional level.
Some residents disagree that the city has effectively addressed traffic and road safety, however.
The city has been very unresponsive to us. In his area, Crane explains, residents daily must contend with traffic cut-through from US183 at the Burnet Road intersection. Much of that cut-through traffic, he adds, stems from continual road construction along the highway. To deal with the heavy flow, the association recently began to devise a traffic-calming plan that calls for speed humps and more signage on residential streets. But attempts to address traffic concerns have fallen on mostly deaf ears, Crane says.