November 9, 20241 yr I wasn't sure where to post this but this seemed as good a place as any. Yesterday afternoon I needed to travel to/from North Austin (near Parmer) to Round Rock (620 west of 35) for a medical thing. It took me 45 minutes to make the trip, and an hour to get back. The actual distance covered was only 10 miles each way. This was at 2-3 in the afternoon, so not even rush hour. As I-35 is getting torn up I'm also noticing adverse effects on surface roads like N. Lamar and Dessau as people desperately look for other ways to go north or south. Daily traffic on E. Parmer and East 290 is a nightmare as people commute to/from Manor and Elgin, which are exploding with homes and apartments. Not to mention how Howard and Parmer are being densified by packing in big apartment complexes. All of these people are going to be driving on Parmer, 290, I-35 etc. This is all adding up to making driving intolerable, even now. I don't know of any real plans to bring large scale public transit to outer burbs and bedroom communities like Pflugerville, Manor, etc. If it's already like this now, what's it going to be like 5 years from now? It's going to be full on bumper to bumper stop n go hell on every surface road from 6 AM to 10 PM. I don't have any solutions** but I just had to vent. ** Massive congestion fees on traffic entering the Austin area, especially for non-residents ** Ration driving--based on license plate number, cars assigned to specific driving days (MWF, Tues Th Sat, with Sunday being an open day) ** Hope for another pandemic? ** Deport everyone who moved into the Austin are after 2000?
November 10, 20241 yr Yep. My wife relocated her job from Kyle to Austin, partially because we knew this was coming. Next ten years are gonna suck.
November 10, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, Paper_jam said: If it's already like this now, what's it going to be like 5 years from now? your entire post may have been posted verbatim five years ago here or on another site. and then even five years before that. and will surely be posted again five years from now. Edited November 10, 20241 yr by futureman
November 10, 20241 yr I-35 was a mess when I started school at UT in the Fall of 1984. Been that way ever since. I was always coming in from the North. Back then there were gaps between Georgetown, Round Rock, and Phlugerville so you could always find a work around. Parmer was way out of town back then. My daughter was a student there from 2010 to 2014 and I hated the drive in every time.
November 10, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, futureman said: your entire post may have been posted verbatim five years ago here or on another site. and then even five years before that. and will surely be posted again five years from now. username checking out
November 11, 20241 yr Have been traveling weekly to Katy for the last 2 years. During that time I-10 had lanes added between Brookshire and Sealy, and now they are working more or less Sealy to Columbus to add lanes. That one started in the spring and they are roughly 50% completed. So it will be done next year. And yet in Austin it takes 4-5 years to do anything on roads.
November 11, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, futureman said: your entire post may have been posted verbatim five years ago here or on another site. and then even five years before that. and will surely be posted again five years from now. lol this thread could have been posted 25 years ago.
January 31Jan 31 i35 from georgetown to dallas is "finished" (at least 3 lanes with continuous frontage) with 1 exception being the last waco segment which is now underway the valley mills replacement intersection will be a "california" diverging diamond
February 1Feb 1 1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said: i35 from georgetown to dallas is "finished" (at least 3 lanes with continuous frontage) with 1 exception being the last waco segment which is now underway the valley mills replacement intersection will be a "california" diverging diamond 4 years for a 3 mile project. Crazy.
February 1Feb 1 1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said: i35 from georgetown to dallas is "finished" (at least 3 lanes with continuous frontage) with 1 exception being the last waco segment which is now underway the valley mills replacement intersection will be a "california" diverging diamond I drove from Arlington to Austin and back last weekend. I couldn't believe there was no construction. It was amazing.
February 1Feb 1 north waxahachie was finished in the fall, which leaves this section in waco as the last rebuild between round rock and downtown dallas i haven't heard of any plans to expand 35west to 3 lanes between hillsboro and burleson southbound there will be multiple ways to get around any major backups northbound is going to be problematic - the diversion routes to get around major shutdowns in this section are going to be clogged with locals
February 1Feb 1 I see you posting these things, and there’s even an eyewitness account confirming, and yet until I see it myself I do not believe for a second that a stretch of 35 that long does not have active construction.
February 3Feb 3 On 1/31/2025 at 6:38 PM, Mo Horn said: I drove from Arlington to Austin and back last weekend. I couldn't believe there was no construction. It was amazing. They start ripping all that out later this week to make improvements. Glad you got to enjoy that drive.
February 4Feb 4 In a related question--how is every major interchange in the state under construction all at the same time? It's amazing how I drive around, and there are these massive ramps that will run two miles long from an interchange being built. Why? And many of these interchanges are pretty new. I just don't get it.
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