Pflugerville Approves Election For $96.7M Bonds Referendum

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — City council members authorized the staging of an election in May for a $96.7 million transportation bonds referendum on Tuesday.

Bond proceeds from the debt issuance would cover a number of envisioned projects, including:

• City intersection improvements, including $14.4 million for the intersections of SH 130 at CR 138; East Pflugerville Parkway at FM 685; Heatherwilde Boulevard at Pecan Street; FM 685 at Pecan Street.; FM 685/Copper Mine Drive Overpass; and Hodde/Weiss Lane at Cele Road.
• City neighborhood street reconstruction work would be financed with $15.6 million for 10th Street, Algreg Street, Applewood Drive, Bushmills Road, Butler National Drive/Diablo Drive, Caldwells Lane, Cedar Ridge Drive, Dalshank Road, Edgemere Drive, Grand National Avenue, Great Basin, Kay Lane, Lincoln Avenue, Mashburn Street, Meadow Creek Drive, Mountain View Drive, Oak Ridge Drive, Picadilly Drive, Plumbago Drive, Rowe Lane, Russell Street, Sullivan Street, Taylor Avenue, W. Custers Creek Bend, Windermere Drive, Yellow Sage Street.
• The Immanuel Road project aimed at widening the artery to a three-lane roadway would be allotted$8.9 million in bond proceeds.
• FM 685 corridor improvements project would be allotted a $5 million investment covering the costs of a corridor study and preliminary engineering and design. The project includes lane alignment, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and coordination and surveying.
• SH 45 frontage roads work would need $9.4 million in proceeds to connect frontage road gaps.
• The Kelly Lane Phase 3 project would be funded with $13.6 million to widen to an urban four-lane section.
• Pfluger Farm Lane North, a $5.3 million project, aims to extend the urban three-lane roadway north to SH 45.
• The Main Street project would bear a price tag of $1.6 million for engineering and design for a future urban two-lane section.
• Central Commerce Drive work to widen to an urban three-lane section would require an outlay of $5.1 million from bond proceeds.
• The $4.9 million Picadilly Drive project would involve the widening of the road to an urban three-lane section.
• Cameron Road work would benefit from $3.4 million for a two-lane urban section from the Pecan Street and Weiss Lane intersection to Cameron Road South.
• East Pflugerville Parkway work would be jump-started with a $3.5 million bonds windfall for engineering and design to create a four-lane, divided street between Colorado Sand Drive and Weiss Lane.
• Envisioned work on East Pecan Street is targeted for a $4.0 million earmark for preliminary engineering and design to widen to six lanes across SH 130.

The council also received recommendations from the 2020 Capital Improvement Bond Committee for a Parks and Recreation Bond, city officials said. The city council voted to consider items for a Parks and Recreation Bond for a future bond election.

Maps, graphics and additional information about the bonds, the Capital Improvement Bond Committee presentation and updates are posted at http://www.pflugervilletx.gov/bonds.