TxDOT CONDUCTING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR HIGHWAY 36 RELIEF ROUTE AROUND BELLVILLE
TxDOT is studying the viability of a potential relief route around the City of Bellville.
The relief route study limits are along Highway 36 from Old Highway 36 to FM 2429 in Austin County.
TxDOT says the goal of the relief route is to help reduce congestion while improving safety and mobility.
Public feedback is invited at an open house-style meeting on Thursday, July 17th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bellville Lion’s Club – Concordia Hall, 952 South Tesch Street.
Guests will be able to view copies of project materials, meet with TxDOT staff and consultants to ask questions, and leave comments.
Written comments on the proposed project may be submitted by mail to the TxDOT – Yoakum District Office, ATTN: Grant Tisdel-Blanch, 403 Huck Street, Yoakum, TX 77995. They can also be submitted by email to grant.tisdelblanch@txdot.gov. All comments must be received on or before Friday, August 1st.
Click here to view TxDOT's page for the Highway 36 Relief Route Feasibility Study.
I have an idea, get rid of that stupid building in the middle of the road and make a normal intersection.
Something I have noticed over the years and it should be addressed. TxDOT will build traffic relief roads but it does not stay relieved of traffic very long. What follows the relief routes is more commerce and homes more schools ect untill you completely relocate the town and in some cases you have a bigger traffic problem than before it was built. Its the small business that always suffer from these moves the most. So why doesn’t traffic relief routes stay free flowing for traffic? Money cause it has no courage or conviction till we have real leadership in our communities we get what we get.
I just have one rule for this relief route: DON’T make it an expressway. Bellville is too small to have a gigantic interstate-size bypass going around it, but a regular 4-lane bypass would be perfect.
This has been a topic of conversation of Txdot for decades. People always feel it would keep tourists from visiting Bellville. With the right marketing, lodging, eatting and shopping establishments plus Market Days, Produce Market, festivals to draw tourist in. It take a lot of work from business and community to continually keep locals and tourist wanting to seek out things in town. I know of lots of communities that have made it work and tourism grows more every year. It takes consistency not on again off again activities.