NEW BRAUNFELS – Friday, December 07, 2007, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced the New Braunfels Outer Loop Study will present the recommended route in January 2008, four months earlier than the original date of May 2008. [more]
TxDOT Media Release:
Texas Department of Transportation to Unveil Recommended Alternative in January 2008
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New Braunfels Outer Loop Study
Notice of Open House
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct an open house to provide information regarding the New Braunfels Outer Loop Study.
The purpose of this open house is to present the recommended corridor for the proposed outer loop.
TxDOT will present the recommendation to the City of New Braunfels, City of Schertz, Comal and Guadalupe Counties in February 2008. These entities will determine if the recommended route will be adopted into their respective Major Thoroughfare Plans (MTP). [more]
Roger Croteau | SA Express-News
Comal toll roads hit dead end
NEW BRAUNFELS — Comal County officials have backed away from plans to form a Regional Mobility Authority to build toll roads.
Recent projections from the Texas Department of Transportation show revenue generated by the tolls would fall far short of the cost to build the projects under consideration, said Comal County Judge Danny Scheel. [more]
Roger Croteau | SA Express-News
Massive Comal project unveiled
NEW BRAUNFELS — Community leaders got their first look Thursday at a planned 265-acre mixed-use development that promises to be the largest of its kind in this city.
Creekside, planned for the northeast corner of Interstate 35 and FM 306, would include retail space, restaurants, a movie theater, hospital, medical office park, amphitheater, day spa, hotel and apartments. [more]
Outer loop meeting to be held in Lone Oak
The Texas Department of Transportation will hold a special meeting tonight for individual stakeholders in the Lone Oak area who might be impacted by the proposed New Braunfels Outer Loop.
At the meeting, consultants hired by TxDOT are expected to unveil an alternative corridor for the loop that was not displayed during the last round of public meetings in October. During the two public meetings in October, consultants showed nearly 500 residents what they call the "universe of options," a few dozen identified corridors for the loop with hundreds of possible combinations, that engineers whittled down from thousands of combinations. [more]
David Saleh Rauf | HZ
Outer Loop public meetings postponed
Consultants hired to conduct the New Braunfels Outer Loop route study have postponed a series of group meetings intended to give the local community a voice in the planning process.
RJ Rivera Associates Inc., a San Antonio-based consulting firm hired by TxDOT to lead the route study, decided to push back technical and community work group meetings for October and November because consultants were still "crunching data" from two October public meetings on the proposed loop. [more]
TxDOT Media Release:
More than 200 attend public meeting to view proposed alignments for proposed outer loop
NEW BRAUNFELS – Thursday, October 11, 2007, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a second public meeting in a series of two public meetings regarding the New Braunfels Outer Loop Study. The meeting was the second opportunity for members of the public to view possible route locations for the proposed outer loop. Participants had mixed reactions to the maps on display with some expressing relief that options near their property had been screened out of the process, while others remained concerned by the remaining options. [more]
David Saleh Rauf | HZ
Debate over Outer Loop continues
The proposed 40-mile loop around the city of New Braunfels will help facilitate growth and ease traffic on already congested city and county roads. State, county and city officials should be praised for their good management and efforts in planning for the future of one of the fastest growing regions in the state. [more]
David Saleh Rauf | HZ
NB Loop raises concerns over property rights
GUADALUPE COUNTY — Off an old country road, about three miles east of Interstate 35, the headstone of 10-day-old Ida Bartels rests under a Cedar tree, where it has been since 1877.
Just a few feet from the infant's grave are 10 other eroded headstones inscribed in German. Some date back more than 200 years and mark the final resting place for some of the earliest settlers who established farms just outside of New Braunfels. [more]
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
Officials unveil Comal-Guadalupe loop plans at meeting
Explosive population growth in New Braunfels is driving the city and the Texas Department of Transportation to consider a new loop through Comal and Guadalupe counties.
The proposal is for a 40-mile outer loop that would connect Interstate 35 both north and south of New Braunfels, easing congestion. [more]
