Butch Miller, a former TxDOT employee, wrote a letter to the New Braunfels City Council. We're happy that he allowed us to republish it on our website since it sums up our own thoughts and raises once more our own concerns regarding street development in our area.
Let us know what you think about the letter and feel free to share your thoughts in our comments section. [more]
The people over at CASE (Citizens' Alliance for Smart Expansion) are currently emailing a link to a Youtube video, asking everyone to 'pass it on'.
We thought, it would make sense to simply post it on our website. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. [more]
Asking citizens to support the plans of our local government officials is indeed rare in the contentious society we find ourselves today. But that is just what we are asking!
The Planning Department for the City of New Braunfels, working with a team of transportation experts have devised a transportation plan we believe deserves community support. [more]
In a few months, the New Braunfels City Council might be asked to make one of the most important and far-reaching decisions to impact our community in recent history - the establishment of an Outer Loop around our city.
Although the Council never requested, discussed. authorized or voted on the soon-to-be completed $3.2 million TxDot study for this proposed thoroughfare, it is we who have the final authority on its implementation. [more]
"It's always tough because you're going to affect somebody," said Texas Department of Transportation Area Engineer Greg Malatek.
Those affected by the changes made to the proposed 40-mile Outer Loop met at Canyon High School on Wednesday night for a meeting that was often contentious. The meeting focused on the changes made to the Outer Loop route crossing Farm-to-Market 306, changes which were made after April's town hall meeting. [more]
SCHUMANNSVILLE — Johann Gotthulf and Wilhelmine Altwein moved from Prussia to Texas in 1851.
They settled on a farm on the west bank of the Guadalupe River, which today is a narrow section of the waterway below Lake Dunlap dam and Lake McQueeney Dam. [more]
NEW BRAUNFELS — Managing some of the fastest growth in Texas is the focus of the campaigns in the Republican runoff for Precinct 1 Commissioner in Comal County between Tom Corbin and Donna Eccleston.
Corbin, 51, a special-education teacher, said he's seeking the post "to make sure we keep this beautiful Hill Country that we moved here to enjoy." [more]
Dorothy Henze, 84, still lives in the home she was raised in on land that has been in her family for 135 years.
The land, 55 acres just off Texas 46, was purchased in the 1850s by her great-grandfather, a German immigrant. [more]
NEW BRAUNFELS — Texas transportation officials will unveil a recommended corridor for an outer loop around the city at a public meeting Jan. 31, a full four months ahead of schedule.
State officials said property owners and local officials urged the department to finish the route study sooner because the area is developing so quickly that in another four months there may be new subdivisions planned that would block the corridor planned for the road. [more]
New Braunfels — There could be toll roads in Comal County's future.
County Judge Danny Scheel said Thursday that in the coming weeks he plans to propose forming a Regional Mobility Authority, which would have the power to issue revenue bonds to fund road construction.
The bonds would be repaid from tolls paid by drivers who use the roads. [more]
