Council hears Harvey Road Corridor workshop and adopts updated comp plan with Active Transportation Master Plan

At a May 28 workshop, Heather Wade of Planning and Development Services presented an overview of the Harvey Road Corridor redevelopment plan, a small-area planning effort covering about 466 acres from Texas Avenue to State Highway 6. Wade said the effort will proceed in four phases over roughly a year—existing conditions, visioning, plan development, and adoption/implementation—and emphasized public outreach with a kickoff open house planned for June 23 at City Hall.

Wade described the corridor's mix of retail, multifamily, hospitality, and community destinations and cited travel and demographic data (Harvey Road 20,000–25,000 vehicles/day; Texas Avenue up to ~50,000 vehicles/day; roughly 5,500 residents in/adjacent to the corridor; median age ~26). She said the plan's purpose is to create a roadmap to guide reinvestment, connectivity, and economic vitality and that the project is intended as an iterative, engagement-driven process.

Later in the meeting staff presented comprehensive-plan amendments based on a 2025 five-year evaluation and on a newly completed Active Transportation Master Plan. The proposed changes remove outdated maps (2045 lane-miles and annexation priorities), add an as-of date to static maps, rename and update the Harvey Road planning area, and reclassify Pebble Creek Parkway from a minor arterial to a major collector (the council clarified that reclassification did not by itself add a new roadway connection). The Active Transportation Master Plan adds a prioritized corridor network, a level-of-traffic-stress analysis, a crash-data review that highlights concentrated incidents near campus and Texas Avenue, and recommended crossing improvements (refuge islands, curb extensions, raised crosswalks, and protected intersection features).

Council discussion included questions about TexDOT coordination on Harvey Road, boundary choices for the planning area and how Wolfpen Creek Park would be coordinated, the composition and openness of the plan working group, and neighborhood traffic management concerns (cut-through traffic versus local connectivity). Several councilmembers praised staff engagement and the plan's iterative public outreach. Planning & Zoning and the Bicycle, Pedestrian & Greenways advisory board had each recommended approval; the council voted unanimously to adopt the amendments and the Active Transportation Master Plan.