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 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]
The Metropolitan Planning Organization will present the final Regional Transportation Plan to our community on
Monday, August 22, 2011, at 6:00 PMat the New Braunfels Civic Center.
Please try to attend this meeting to get the latest information and to voice your opinion about the future of this unique area. [more]
A standing room only crowd gathered at the Community Resource & Recreation Center in Sattler, January 27, 2010. Attendees came to get information and express their questions and sentiments regarding the impact a multi-lane freeway over pass at 2nd Crossing on the Guadalupe River will have. [more]
SATTLER – It was standing-room only Wednesday at Community Resource & Recreation Center, as impassioned residents lobbied to save a scenic portion of the Guadalupe River from becoming a stop on the proposed New Braunfels Outer Loop (NBOL).
Around 60 people crammed into the small meeting room to voice environmental concerns about what the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has dubbed section "B" of the proposed outer loop – a cross-section that includes a bridge that would be built near the second crossing at River Road, and that arches
almost entirely over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. [more]
NEW BRAUNFELS – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) San Antonio District announced plans to convene a task force to review the findings of the New Braunfels Outer Loop Study. The decision was prompted by concerns and/or questions raised by the public regarding the process and some of the data.
“As the new district engineer, it’s important to me that our projects are sensitive to concerns raised by local property owners and residents,” said Mario Medina, TxDOT San Antonio District Engineer. “The task force is meant to bring transparency to the process and ensure we didn’t miss anything during our evaluations.” [more]
AUSTIN — Some New Braunfels area residents toughed out the 12-hour long Sunset Advisory Commission hearing Tuesday in Austin reviewing the practices of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The commission characterized TxDOT as agenda-driven and untrustworthy, and lawmakers raised the possibility of making the state transportation commissioner an elected position rather than governor-appointed. [more]
Two meetings have been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. — one tonight and the other on Thursday — at Canyon High School for property owners who could potentially be affected by the latest revisions to the proposed Outer Loop corridor. The changes were made after April’s town hall meeting in New Braunfels. [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]
Two additional public meetings have been scheduled next week on the proposed New Braunfels Outer Loop. Two consulting groups looking at east and west sectors of the proposed loop have heard hundreds of public comments, and in some cases revised the plans to correct mistakes. [more]
