183 North Improvement takes time. The community should plan for construction to last over four years.
The Mobility Authority and the entire project team are committed to being a good neighbor to residents along the 183 North corridor. While constructing a project of this size will include some temporary lane closures, we want to minimize the inconvenience as much as possible.
To finish the project on schedule, construction may occur 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. However, in interest of the public and maximizing mobility during construction, the contractor will face financial fees imposed by the Mobility Authority if a lane closure occurs outside of approved time frames, such as in peak travel times like daytime a.m. and p.m. rush hour. In order to minimize noise from construction activities, the project team will follow a set of guidelines designed to preserve quality of life for adjacent neighborhoods.
Our intention is for the majority of traffic-impacting activities to occur during the following off-peak times, whenever possible:
- Sunday Morning: 12:00 Midnight to 8:00 AM
- Sunday Evening: 9:00 PM to 12:00 Midnight
- Monday-Friday Morning: 12:00 Midnight to 5:00 AM
- Monday-Friday Evening: 9:00 PM to 12:00 Midnight
- Saturday Morning: 12:00 Midnight to 8:00 AM
- Saturday Evening: 9:00 PM to 12:00 Midnight
In most cases, daytime work will be focused on construction activities outside the immediate roadway. While it is our goal to limit lane reductions as much as possible, frontage road lane reductions may occur for an extended period of time for crews to construct the non-tolled general-purpose lanes. In most circumstances, work occurring on holidays or during special local events will be limited to activities that do not impact traffic. Lane closures on major holidays or during local events that draw large crowds to the city will be avoided when possible and will require special permission by the Mobility Authority and TxDOT.
Safety is our priority and incident response will be addressed expeditiously, with assistance from public safety officials as needed. During temporary closures that are anticipated to have a significant impact or cause extended travel time delays, law enforcement officers will be present.
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Concrete Batch Plant Operations
The Mobility Authority conducted initial outreach to businesses near Pecan Park Boulevard and FM 620 regarding the installation and startup of a temporary concrete batch plant in 2022. Concrete from the plant is used to pave new lanes for the 183 North Mobility Project. The plant will run as long as road paving is in progress on 183 North. The project’s outreach team met with area businesses, making them aware of potential sound, dust and light issues at night and how the construction team has and will continue to mitigate those impacts.
Frontage Road Activities
Crews have been coordinating utility relocations, sidewalk reconstruction and related business driveway reconstructions along the corridor. All existing sidewalks along the frontage roads are being updated to be ADA compliant and crews will be adding sidewalks where none exist between SH 45/RM 620 and Loop 360. The utility relocations have been implemented first. Crews are done with 60 percent of sidewalk construction and 70 percent of driveway reconstruction work as of the beginning of 2025. For more information about our plan to improve the bike and pedestrian facilities along the project corridor go here.
Upcoming Work
In 2025, crews are targeting several major activities, including, but not limited to:
- Completion of 11 outside widening bridges between Pond Springs Rd. and Great Hills Trail
- Construction of roughly 13 miles of outside widenings on NB and SB US 183 between Lake Creek Pkwy. and MoPac
- Completion of the direct connector structure between the new express lanes on US 183 and the existing express lanes on MoPac
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