2020 Bond Substandard Streets Ross Road North

Design and construction of Ross Road North between State Highway (SH) 71 and Pearce Lane. Possible improvements: 1) Roadway: Widening of Ross Road North to include two lanes per direction; addition of left turn pockets at key intersections; addition of curb and gutter to prevent roadside shoulder erosion; drainage to avert runoff and reduce or eliminate ponding. 2) Bicycle and Pedestrian: Construction of sidewalks and shared use paths; addition of buffered bicycle lanes; construction of median refuge areas to provide protected midpoint crossing intersections for pedestrians. 3) Safety: Addition of traffic signals; revision of pavement markings; addition of continuous roadway lighting. 4) Drainage: A closed storm drain system to allow the project to be built within the existing right-of-way while accommodating the wider pavement section and shared use paths; prepare a floodplain study. 5) Subsurface utility engineering survey to locate the existing Austin Water utilities in an effort to eliminate conflicts with the proposed storm drain system.