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Fri
28
Oct

Wirtz Dam bridge draws questions

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Glynis Smith/The Highlander

 

Horseshoe Bay City Councilwoman Cynthia Clinesmith asks about increased traffic seeking a route to Texas 71 should a bridge be constructed below Wirtz Dam between Ranch to Market Roads 1431 and 2147. She and Mayor Steve Jordan, seated next to her, attended the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) open house at Quail Point Wednesday, Oct. 26.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

The idea of a bridge across the Colorado River below Wirtz Dam met serious questions Wednesday, Oct. 26, at an open house hosted by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) in Horseshoe Bay.

More than 50 area residents came to hear a presentation by Burnet County Judge James Oakley, who sits on the CAMPO board, and to share their own opinions on the proposed project.

Cottonwood Shores City Council Member Roger Wayson had one of the longest list of doubts to express.

County Road 426 would connect Wirtz Dam Road with Ranch to Market Road 2147 if the bridge were constructed.

“It would come right past our nature preserve,” said Wayson. “It would be destructive to our eco-system...Traffic would go from 50 a day to thousands a day.”

“It would divert traffic from the commercial area we are trying to develop,” he also claimed.

Tue
25
Oct

CAMPO open house welcomes public Wednesday

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Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

Booths like this one at Marble Falls National Night Out on Oct. 4 are one means the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) has been gathering public input on the proposed project to add a new crossing to the Colorado River. Public meetings, like the ones set for Wednesday in Horseshoe Bay and Nov. 3 in Marble Falls, are another.

A new bridge across the Colorado River below Wirtz Dam will be the topic of a public open house Wednesday, Oct. 26.

The meeting will be held from 4-7 p.m. at Quail Point Community Center, 107 Twilight Lane, in Horseshoe Bay.

It is one in a series of outreach programs being conducted by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) to gather public opinion about the proposed project.

Another is scheduled for the same time period on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Lakeside Pavilion at 307 Buena Vista Drive in Marble Falls.

After an initial meeting with civic leaders, CAMPO began to concentrate on the general public last month, attending

Everyone in the Highland Lakes area also is invited to take a survey to add to data on the project. Copies of the survey will be available at the public meetings and online at www.CAMPOtexs.org/wirtzdam.

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