1. City Council
Workshop
November 8, 2012

2. Rock Prairie Road Corridor
 East side pavement rehabilitation
 Overpass
 West side expansion

3. Rock Prairie Road East
 Heavy truck traffic contributed to pavement
degradation
○ Hydrocarbon trucks accessing wells
○ Sanitation trucks accessing the landfill
 Acquiring right-of-way for future expansion to
four-lane boulevard section
○ SH 6 to William D. Fitch
○ ROW width is between 118-feet and 115-feet
○ Acquiring 20-foot wide PUE

4. Pavement Condition

5. Thoroughfare Plan – East Side

6. Rock Prairie Road East
 Current traffic does not warrant a four-lane
boulevard section
 Rehabilitation project will reconstruct Rock
Prairie from Bird Pond to William D. Fitch
○ Two travel lanes
○ Asphalt pavement
○ Open drainage
○ No sidewalks
○ No raised medians
 Staff will bring a design contract to Council for
consideration in early 2013

7. Rock Prairie Road Overpass
 BCSMPO received $4.6 million in State
Proposition 12 funds from TxDOT
 BCSMPO voted to allocate the funds to the
expansion of the Rock Prairie Road Overpass
○ Addition of one travel lane (east bound)
○ 10-foot wide multi-use path on both sides of the
overpass
○ U-turn structures on the north and south side
○ Area lighting

8. Rock Prairie Road Overpass
 City is responsible for funding the engineering
design and environmental studies
 TxDOT will manage the construction of the
project
 Final plans will be submitted to TxDOT in
January 2013
 Construction will begin in the spring of 2013

9. Conceptual Layout

10. Rock Prairie Road West
 State Highway 6 to Wellborn Road
○ Four-lane Minor Arterial
○ General Suburban
 Adjacent land uses:
○ Single Family Residential
○ Parks
○ Medical Facilities
○ Schools
○ Churches
○ Commercial

12. Traffic Conditions
 Rock Prairie and Rio Grande are operating at LOS A
 Rock Prairie and Longmire are operating at LOS C
 Rock Prairie and Longmire and expected to operate
at LOS D in 2013
 Challenges at the Longmire Intersection:
○ Traffic signal spacing
○ Land use generates high traffic volumes
○ Numerous left turns/driveways
○ Vertical deflections for drainage

13. Longmire Intersection

14. Rock Prairie Road West
 ROW acquisition for the widening of Rock
Prairie Road West was included in the 2008
Bond Authorization
 Collected traffic data in 2011
 Traffic model considered the following:
○ Barron Road Overpass
○ Barron Road East/Lakeway South
○ New development at SH 6 and William D. Fitch
○ Anticipated traffic from Scott and White Hospital

15. Conceptual Layout

16. Rock Prairie Road West
 Land acquisition is in progress
 Funding for design is included in the FY2013
capital budget
 Construction of the Rock Prairie Road West
project is expected to immediately follow
the overpass construction

17. Conclusion
 Three important projects in progress
 Construction on the overpass to begin in the
spring of 2013, and expected to take 12-
months to complete.
 Staff will request Council approval for
design contracts for the improvements to
the east and west side of Rock Prairie Road
in early 2013

18. East Side Acquisition