Status: Warranty
Expected Completion: 2025
Traffic Impacts: NA
PHASE 3 & 4
Status: Dry Utilities Relocated
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Realignment Project
Site work begins Monday, April 24
Crews will close Azalea Drive from S. 31 Street to south of the Temple Mall
Improvements:
- Road Realignment
- Landscaping
- Signalization
Construction Length: Est. 10 Months
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Status: Warranty
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
W. Central Avenue & S. 1 St. Crosswalk Installation with Rapid Flashing Beacons at existing ADA ramps
Status: Construction
Expected Completion: August 2023
Traffic Impacts: Partial Lane Closures
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**Partial lane closures will be needed when pouring sign foundations and painting pavement; the project calls for multiple sign installations and one crosswalk**
Status: Construction
Expected Completion: February 2025
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
PHASE ONE
Status: Dry Utilities Relocated
Expected Completion: January 2023
Traffic Impacts: Open to Traffic
Street Closure Map: NA
PHASE 2
Status: Construction
Expected Completion: June 2024
Traffic Impacts: Open to Traffic
Street Closure Map: NA
Status: Final Design/ROW
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
Status: Final Design
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
Status: Final Design
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
Status: Completed
Expected Completion: 2023
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
Status: Preliminary Design
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
PHASE 1
Status: Construction
Expected Completion: TBD
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
PHASE 2
Status: Construction
Expected Completion: 2024
Traffic Impacts: NA
Street Closure Map: NA
What is the project?
The City of Temple purchased the railroad right-of-way in 2010. Federal law regulates how inactive railroads may be removed or repurposed. The City Attorney Office applied for “railbanking” in 2020. Railbanking is the term for federal approval that allows inactive railroads to be converted to trails. The city is obliged to keep the right-of-way, if in the future the need arises to reconstruct the railroad. The city received approval through the federal Surface Transportation Board in May 2021 to allow conversion to a hike and bike trail.
Phase 1 will be from 5th Street to 31st Street, with construction funded through the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Phase 2 will be from 31st Street to the Leon River, but is not yet funded. Staff will start applying for a grant through TxDOT Transportation Alternatives program in early 2023.
Possible Phase 3 will be on the Belton side of the Leon River.
The Georgetown Railroad trail will convert the inactive rail line, including the Historic MK&T Railroad Bridge, into a scenic 10-foot-wide hike-and-bike trail that connects people living in Temple and Belton. The trail provides a direct connection between Raye Allen Elementary School and the Deerfield, Stonegate, Bentwood and Bella Terra neighborhoods. It will also connect to South Temple Park, Lion's Junction Water Park, and the new mixed-use Legacy Ranch development near FM 93. The project presents a unique opportunity to preserve the MK&T Bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project demonstrates the regional cooperation that exists between the cities of Belton and Temple.
GTRR Phase 1
From: East of S 5th Street, near Raye Allen Elementary School (TISD)
To: S 31st Street
Description: Construct 10 foot concrete hike-and-bike trail along the right-of-way of the former Georgetown Railroad.
GTRR Phase 2
From: S 31st Street
To: Leon River / Historic MK&T Truss bridge / Temple City Limits
Description: Construct 10 ft concrete hike-and-bike trail along the right-of-way of the former Georgetown Railroad and renovate the historic MK&T Truss bridge
GTRR Phase 3
From: Leon River / Historic MK&T Truss bridge
To: Leon River / Bend O’ The River Park / TBD?
Description: (tentative) Construct 10 ft concrete hike-and-bike trail from the railroad right-of-way, across Taylors Valley Road and the Leon River to connect with Bend O’ The River Park
Background: Staff and stakeholder discussions have taken place to reach consensus on the feasibility and optimal route to extend the trail from near the MK&T Bridge west and north up to the Bend O’ The River Park. This Phase will be dependent on multiple factors, including completion of Phase II, renovation of the bridge, access easements and/or acquiring right-of-way for the trail, construction of a pedestrian bridge, and any environmental clearance required to cross the Leon River.
This is a part of the annual resurfacing project that is completed to maintain and improve city streets. None of the streets will be fully closed, and traffic control will be out to flag drivers around the maintenance.
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https://cms9files.revize.com/templetx/Slurry%20Map.pdf
Schedule:
Mon. 4/17: Hopi Trail
Tues. 4/18: Lowes Drive, Kton Road, Cryer Lane, & Lavendusky Drive
Wed. 4/19: Corporate Road & Dons Trail
Thurs. 4/20: Ben Nevis Lane & Blackland Road
Fri. 4/21: Blackland Road cont.
Mon. 4/24: S. 5 Street
Tues. 4/25: S. 5 Street cont.
Wed. 4/26: S. 5 Street cont.
Thur. 4/27 S. 5 Street cont. & Brewster Road
Fri. 4/28: Brewster Road cont.
Mon. 5/1: McLane Parkway
Tues. 5/2: Marlandwood Road
Wed. 5/3: Marlandwood Circle & N. 15 Street
Thur. 5/4: N. 15 Street cont.
Fri. 5/5: S. 57 Street
Mon. 5/8: S. 57 Street cont.
Tues. 5/9: S. 25 Street
Wed. 5/10: S. 25 Street cont.
Thur. 5/11: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Fri. 5/12: Martin Luther King Jr. Drive cont.
Mon. 5/15: St. Andrews Place & W. Avenue H
Tues. 5/16: W. Avenue H cont.
Wed. 5/17: W. Avenue H cont.
Thur. 5/18: W. Avenue H cont. & Canyon Creek Drive
Fri. 5/19: Canyon Creek Drive cont.
Mon. 5/22: N. Kegley Road
Tues. 5/23: W. Avenue R
Wed. 5/24: W. Avenue R cont. & Stratford Drive
Thur. 5/25: Stratford Drive cont. & Marlandwood Road
Fri. 5/26: Marlandwood Road cont.
This is a part of the annual resurfacing project that is completed to maintain and improve city streets. None of the streets will be fully closed, and traffic control will be out to flag drivers around the maintenance.
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https://cms9files.revize.com/templetx/Overlay%20Map.pdf
Streets to be overlaid:
205 Loop
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
Colonel Travis
Daniel Boone
W. Avenue M
N. 14 Street
N. 8 Street
S. 30 Street
Hope Street
Trenton Drive
Delaware Drive
Westpoint Drive
Brandywine Drive
Liberty Drive
Birdcreek Drive
