CAMPO seek public input for future of transportation

From Impact News, February 4, 2009...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) will launch "People, Planning and Preparing for the Future: Your 25 Year Transportation Plan" at a news conference on Monday, Feb. 9 at Plaza Saltillo, on 412 Comal Street in Austin, at 10:30 am. CAMPO Board Chair Sen. Kirk Watson will preside over the conference.

The event will kick off CAMPO's planning process for the 2035 plan, an effort that will ultimately establish a regional framework for local transportation planning decisions. CAMPO's "People, Planning and Preparing for the Future" team will seek widespread public input to create a plan that makes sense for the entire capital area community. Residents in Williamson, Travis and Hays, as well as Bastrop and Caldwell Counties will be asked to participate in a number of ways, including an online survey, a newspaper insert, and a series of public workshops, the first of which will be held in Austin on Feb. 19.

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CAMPO approves financing plan for Manor Expwy

From Austin Business Journal, December 3, 2008...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization approved the creation of a financing plan that allows toll revenue from U.S. Highway 183A to help pay for a planned tolled portion of U.S. 290 East. The plan would provide that U.S. 183A effectively be a co-signer or financial backstop for the financing of the new toll road.

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Could Central Texas add another commuter rail?

From KVUE, December 1, 2008...

Members of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) heard a proposal for a new Central Texas rail line Monday.

This new rail line project is currently only in the planning stages, but those in favor of it say it's a necessity to help move Central Texans throughout the region quickly and efficiently.

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CAMPO, CTRMA seek feedback on 290 finance proposal

From Austin Business Journal, November 6, 2008...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, together with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, is seeking public input on creating a financial system that allows toll revenue from U.S. Highway 183A to help finance a planned portion of U.S. 290 East.

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City hosts passenger rail town hall meeting Monday

From News 8 Austin, September 22, 2008...

Passenger rail in Austin is up for discussion Monday night.

The city is holding a town hall meeting.

Recommendations on rail connections that should be proposed to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) will be discussed.

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CAMPO looking for feedback on short-range transportation plan

From Austin Business Journal, August 19, 2008...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public input about changes to its short-range Transportation Improvement Plan.

The TIP is a list of regional transportation projects planned for the next four years and include toll road or managed lane projects at U.S. Highway 183, State Highway 71, U.S. Highway 290, and MoPac Expressway.

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CAMPO awards funds for Williams Drive project

From Community Impact News, May 15, 2008...

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization awarded $8.8 million for improvements to Williams Drive from D.B. Wood Road to .3 miles west of FM 3405, a total project length of 3.5 miles. The road improvement project is a partnership between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County.

The project includes an expansion to a four-lane road with a two-way left turn lane. A right turn lane will be constructed approaching D.B. Wood Road. The proposed roadway will have 10-foot shoulders throughout. The road will also receive grading, drainage improvements, asphalt paving, signage, signalization and striping.

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Austin to San Antonio on Amtrak?

From the print edition of the Austin Business Journal, May 16, 2008...

A new feasibility study will look at whether Amtrak could potentially free up Union Pacific Railroad's existing line to make way for a proposed Austin-San Antonio regional rail.

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is allocating $8 million to the Texas Department of Transportation and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Rail District to study what improvements need to be made to the existing Union Pacific freight line to concurrently run a regional rail and what, if any, involvement Amtrak could take.

RECA Proposes Downtown Bus Boost

From the Austin Business Journal (print edition) January, 2008...

The Real Estate Council of Austin is jumping into the Central Austin transportation discussion with a $101 million proposal for a new system of parking garages and bus routes downtown, dubbed "Downtown Austin Park and Ride."

The idea will be presented to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's transit working group on Jan. 14.