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Williamson County asks CTRMA to study toll main lanes on Ronald Reagan corridor after residents raise questions
Summary
The Commissioners Court voted 4-0 to ask the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to undertake a traffic-and-revenue study of the Ronald Reagan Boulevard corridor. County staff and residents said the study would be paid for by CTRMA and does not commit the county to build toll lanes.
The Williamson County Commissioners Court voted Wednesday to ask the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority to study whether constructing tolled main lanes along the Ronald Reagan Boulevard (FM 734/Palmer Lane) corridor is financially feasible. Commissioner Valerie Long moved adoption of the resolution; Commissioner Tim Cook seconded it. The motion passed, 4-0.
The resolution requests that the CTRMA begin a traffic-and-revenue study for the corridor between State Highway 1431 and U.S. 35 to evaluate phasing and whether tolled main lanes could be added in the future. Bob Day, senior director of infrastructure for Williamson County, told the court the county is not proposing converting existing frontage roads to toll lanes and that the study would be financed by the CTRMA, not by Williamson County property taxpayers.
The move is intended to inform long-term planning for congestion…
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