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Council approves conceptual design and funding step for West Go Forth Road after debate over trees and drainage
Summary
Council approved conceptual design changes for West Go Forth Road and a related task order to Fries & Nichols not to exceed $572,485, after staff described design optimizations, Union Pacific-driven drainage changes and residents warned the project could harm a large tree and worsen flooding.
Buda City Council voted to advance the West Go Forth Road redesign and to approve a task order to continue design work after a detailed update from engineering staff and residents’ concerns.
Trukene Crawford, who introduced the project, said the redesign stretches from FM 2770/Robert S. Light east to I‑35 and that engineers reduced the number of parcels affected from 36 to 28 through “optimization” and by recentering the alignment. Andrea Bryant, the project’s design lead, said the team had narrowed some landscape buffers from five feet to two feet in limited locations to preserve protected trees and avoid additional right‑of‑way takings.
Residents and several council members pressed staff on…
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