The Mayor’s directive to the City Planning Department last month to combine the Parkway Plan with the Outer Loop produced a plan called the Hybrid Plan. This Plan was approved by the City Council with a 6 to 1 vote Monday, March 12, 2012.
The new plan combines parts of the Outer Loop with the parkway concept. There will not be an I-35 mega freeway around the city. Instead this area will have more environmentally friendly scenic bypass roadways. [more]
According to the City’s website, there will be "a public hearing and possible approval of the proposed New Braunfels-Seguin Regional Transportation plan and amending the Comprehensive Plan by replacing the City’s Thoroughfare Plan."
The Transportation Workshop will be held on Monday, March 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM at the New Braunfels Civic Center [more]
The New Braunfels city council workshop held Monday, February 13 at the New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center to study and deliberate The Regional Transportation Plan proposals was well attended by citizens and interested parties.
Both the Outer Loop Plan and the more recent Parkway Plan were discussed and the result was a proposed compromise plan, combining features of both plans. [more]
An overflow crowd attended the City Council meeting last night to weigh in on the proposed parkway plan. Many praised the plan for facilitating traffic flows while preserving the environment and natural areas. Many homes and farms have been protected by the parkway plan.
However, others commented that the parkway plan would be detrimental to their farms in the Engle Road area. Several citizens suggested that these folks work with the city planning department to reach an agreeable resolution to their concerns. [more]
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A public hearing on the proposed New Braunfels-Seguin Regional Transportation Plan will be held during the Monday, November 28, 2011 New Braunfels City Council meeting. The meeting will be called to order at 6:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building at 424 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels. [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]
The Planning and Zoning Commission did not make a recommendation on the proposed transportation plan at their October 11 meeting.
The Commission Chair, Cheryl Casteel, is forcefully trying to get the “Outer Loop” back on the plan. [more]
Thursday evening’s community meeting “Positive Solutions to Protect our Rivers” attracted over 100 participants. Passionate views were expressed by both sides of the ‘Disposable Container Debate’ which will be voted on November 8, 2011, by the citizens of New Braunfels.
New Braunfels’s City staffer, Stacy Snell, gave a presentation on the proposed transportation plan. The new plan does not include a roadway over the Guadalupe River and River Road. [more]
We are very excited to tell you all that the newly proposed Transportation Plan for the City of New Braunfels does not include a parkway or other roadway across the Guadalupe River on River Road. This plan can be accessed from the city's official website.
The Transportation Plan still has to be presented to and accepted by the New Braunfels City Council. [more]
