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Council reverts to 2017 transportation plan, removes mandatory street-grid requirement
Summary
The Bastrop City Council voted unanimously to revert the city's transportation master plan to the 2017 map and to remove mandatory references to a gridded street network from the B3 code and technical manual, saying the change will reduce future city maintenance costs and allow more flexibility for developers.
The Bastrop City Council on March 4 voted unanimously to revert the city's Transportation Master Plan from the 2019 version that included an expansive gridded street overlay back to the 2017 plan and to remove mandatory references to a gridded street network from the B3 (form-based) code and the B3 technical manual.
City planning staff presented the change as a move to lower the number of new public streets the city would be required to accept and maintain. Planning staff member Mr. Rosales told the council the 2019 grid had required streets to be overlaid across new developments and that "one mile of road is on average over $1,000,000 a mile" to…
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