The City Council meeting covered the thoroughfare plan to widen Rock Prairie Road from 4 to 6 lanes between State Highway 6 and Wellborn Road due to increasing traffic volumes. The meeting reviewed current traffic conditions at intersections along Rock Prairie Road and challenges at the Longmire intersection. It was recommended to proceed with acquiring right-of-way funded by a 2008 bond to widen Rock Prairie Road based on traffic modeling that considered new developments and anticipated hospital traffic in the area.

1. City Council Meeting
Regular Session
February 23, 2012

2. Thoroughfare Plan
 State Highway 6 to Wellborn Road
 4-lane Minor Arterial
 General Suburban
 Adjacent land use:
 Single Family Residential
 Parks
 Medical Facilities
 Schools
 Churches
 Commercial

4. Traffic Conditions
 Rock Prairie and Rio Grande is operating at LOS A
 Rock Prairie and Longmire is operating at LOS C
 Rock Prairie and Longmire is expected to operate
at LOS D in 2013
 Challenges at the Longmire Intersection:
 Traffic Signal Spacing
 Land use generates high traffic volumes
 Numerous left turns/driveway
 Vertical deflections for drainage

5. Longmire Intersection

6. 2008 Bond Authorization
 Project to purchase ROW for the widening
of Rock Prairie Road from State Highway 6
to Normand.
 Collected traffic data in 2011
 Traffic model considered the following:
 Barron Road Overpass
 Barron Road East/Lakeway South
 New development at SH6 and William D. Fitch
 Anticipated Traffic from Scott and White Hospital
 Extension of Normand Drive

7. Conceptual Layout

8. North Side of ROW

9. Recommendation
Proceed with the acquisition of the right-of-
way necessary to construct the proposed
improvements

10. Conceptual Layout

11. Conceptual Layout