Fw: [AustinBAC] US 290 West improvements

[T. Thayer]

You can make comments on the project (more continuous shoulders!), by e-mailing them to AUS_...@txdot.gov

Tom Thayer

--- On Thu, 3/22/12, T. Thayer <tom_t...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: T. Thayer <tom_t...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [AustinBAC] US 290 West improvements
> To: austi...@googlegroups.com
> Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 9:34 PM
> Tonight, I went to an open house
> about the proposed improvements to US 290 West in Oak Hill.
> It looks like they are adding 4-6 foot wide shoulders along
> US 290 in the areas where they are making
> improvements.  This is an improvement on the current
> condition where there are 2 foot shoulders or less all along
> the highway.
>
> However, because they are only focusing on intersections,
> the shoulders won't be continuous.  There will be new
> shoulders from FM 1826 to the Y where US 290 and SH 71
> intersect.  Then, there will be shoulders (and a
> sidewalk on one side) from William Cannon to McCarty
> Lane.  However, this leaves a gap between the Y/SH 71
> and William Cannon where it is difficult to ride (and where
> I ride every day).
> The engineers said they didn't have money to extend the
> wider shoulders along all of US 290.
>
> At William Cannon, there is an area where there is a right
> turn lane that crosses the shoulder, similar to how the
> exits of Loop 360 cross the well-used shoulders.  This
> could create a conflict with bicycles and turning
> traffic.  I'm not sure what the best way to handle this
> is, other than good signage to warn turning vehicles.
>
> Tom Thayer
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[Tommy Eden]

This example of the need for shoulders on the US 290 project might make a good question to bring to the

candidates' forum on Monday.  The forum will be at 6:00 p.m. on Mon., March 27, in Welch Hall 2.502 at UT.

--Tommy

> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:31:47 -0700
> From: tom_t...@yahoo.com
> Subject: Fw: [AustinBAC] US 290 West improvements
> To: austi...@googlegroups.com
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