For immediate release: December 13, 2021 Contact: Jacob Barrett, (512) 974-8000
City to celebrate Anderson Mill Road completion
Austin Transportation, Public Works will hold a ribbon-cutting event for Anderson Mill Road at Bethany United Methodist Church on Thursday, December 16 at 11 a.m.
WHO: Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Mackenzie Kelly, Austin Transportation Director Rob Spillar and Austin Public Works Assistant Director Eric Bailey
WHAT: Anderson Mill Road ribbon cutting
WHEN: Thursday, December 16 at 11 a.m.
WHERE: Bethany United Methodist Church (event site at intersection of Anderson Mill Road and Anderson Mill Cutoff)
The media is invited to an event Thursday to celebrate the completion of the Anderson Mill Road project. Austin Transportation and Public Works leaders will join other city leaders to discuss the mobility and safety improvements and what effect they will have for the corridor. This is the first regional mobility project to be completed from design through construction, funded by the 2016 Mobility Bond.
"It's exciting to celebrate the first regional project completed as part of the voter-approved 2016 Mobility Bond," said Mayor Steve Adler. "Our community will get to enjoy this historic investment as more projects like AndersonMill come to completion."
"District 6 is a better place to live with an improved Anderson Mill Road," said Austin City Council Member Mackenzie Kelly. "We now have safer and better access to our businesses, churches and schools, and I thank City staff for involving the community and working with us to deliver the improvements we need."
The project addresses critical safety and mobility improvements along Anderson Mill Road between Spicewood Parkway and US 183. The roadway now features:
A new center left-turn lane with turning bays between US 183 and Spicewood Parkway,
A new raised median near US 183,
An extended right turn lane on Anderson Mill Road eastbound approaching US 183,
Continuous shared-use paths on both sides of the road between US 183 and Spicewood Parkway for people riding bikes and people walking,
Water quality improvements, including new rain gardens,
A new Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon at 9707 Anderson Mill Road, and
A new lane configuration and signal upgrades at the Anderson Mill Road/Olson Drive intersection.
"This project is a major accomplishment for the Transportation and Public Works departments and one of many regional improvements being constructed under the 2016 Mobility Bond," said Assistant City Manager for Mobility Gina Fiandaca. "This is a critical corridor for the community, and we are proud to deliver, from start to finish, improvements across all modes of transportation—from better transit stops and shared-use paths, to safer signals, protected turns and drainage improvements."
"I'm really proud of the collaboration and efficacy of the Austin Transportation and Public Works teams that worked on Anderson Mill Road. We worked with the community to improve designs like extending the right-turn lane approaching US-183 and we made bold choices like paving the corridor at night to cut down project time," said Austin Transportation Director Rob Spillar. "Our teamwork continues to improve as we complete each regional project and more improvements are coming faster in 2022 with the second phase of the RM 2222 bypass project and Spicewood Springs Road progressing well."
Join us to celebrate this accomplishment prior to the winter holidays.
The City of Austin Transportation Department works to provide a safe, efficient, innovative, cost-effective and sustainable transportation system that connects roadways, bikeways, walkways and transit systems in order to bring improved access and mobility to our community. We are taking proactive steps to engage and educate the community. Visit AustinTexas.gov/Transportation.
