Council approves hazardous-materials through-route along FM 110 to protect Edwards Aquifer habitat

San Marcos City Council approved a resolution directing staff to submit a proposed nonradioactive hazardous-materials (NRHM) transport route to the Texas Department of Transportation that would route through traffic onto FM 110 instead of across the downtown I‑35 river crossing.

A staff presenter told council the proposal is intended to reduce the chance of a hazardous release crossing the San Marcos River and to comply with the city’s commitments under the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service incidental-take permit. The proposed route would require through traffic carrying placarded hazardous materials to exit I‑35 and travel on FM 110 around the city; it would not prohibit deliveries to addresses inside the city.