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
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
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
11.
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
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
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