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Ledgestone Terrace residents ask court to pause Penn Creek drainage CIP and budget road upgrades for sole access road
Summary
A resident of the Ledgestone Terrace neighborhood near Hwy 290 urged the court during public comment to pause a funded drainage CIP and to reallocate funds in FY26 to upgrade the neighborhood's sole access road to residential feeder‑road standards.
During the public‑comment period on Aug. 15, resident Jerry Jermaine told Commissioners Court he represents a neighborhood whose only access point is Ledgestone Terrace at U.S. Highway 290 in West Travis County (Precinct 3). Jermaine said two county projects affect the access road: a Penn Creek tributary drainage improvement capital improvement project (CIP) and a TxDOT/Endeavor Development Group partnership that added lane changes on Highway 290 and is installing a traffic signal at the Ledgestone Terrace intersection.
Jermaine said the traffic impact analysis that supported the signal concluded Ledgestone Terrace functions as a residential feeder road and that the road no longer meets county standards for that classification. He asserted the drainage CIP "does not meet county code and regulations for residential feeder road" because the design did not reflect watershed changes over the past 16 years and said the project lacks community support in its current design.
Requests: Jermaine asked the court to pause the drainage CIP to reassess design adequacy and consider alternatives the community would support, and to transfer and budget sufficient FY26 funds to upgrade the roughly half‑mile of Ledgestone Terrace so it meets county standards for a residential feeder road and accommodates vehicular and non‑vehicular mobility for the neighborhood’s sole access point.
Why it matters: the resident said the signal and recent traffic work change the functional classification of the road and that upgrades are necessary for safety and access; he also said the drainage project is funded and imminent. County staff acknowledged receipt of the comment and indicated TNR would follow up.
Ending: the county will route the comment to Transportation & Natural Resources for follow‑up; the resident asked the court to consider fund transfers to address immediate road upgrades if the CIP design is paused.
