East Main Street, Buda’s primary commercial road east of the I-35, currently allows two-way traffic on a single lane in each direction with one center turn lane. Congestion on the road has increased as the city has grown due to the configuration, according to a city of Buda news release.

Buda was awarded $10.48 million in federal transportation funding through the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, to reconstruct East Main Street between I-35 and Firecracker Drive.

The overview: The future East Main Street reconstruction project will expand the roadway to a four-lane corridor with a raised median and dedicated left-turn lanes. The project will include a 10-foot shared-use path on both sides of the road to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists, according to the release.

The city will provide a grant match of $2.62 million, bringing the total project budget to $13.1 million. The funding will be available to Buda in 2029, according to the release. The project will include upgraded stormwater infrastructure and on-site water quality treatment as well.

From a new McDonald's location now open to a Buffalo Wild Wings and Dick's Sporting Goods coming soon, check out some of the latest business updates in the Kyle area.

Now open
McDonald’s: The fast-food chain that serves the Big Mac, McNuggets, and McFlurries alongside other menu items has opened a new location near Windy Hill Road in Kyle.

• 18775 I-35 frontage road, Kyle

Coming soon
FedEx Office Print & Ship Center: Once opened, the FedEx location will offer domestic and international shipping, copy and print services and Amazon returns.

• 18840 I-35, Ste. 100, Kyle

Buffalo Wild Wings: Kyle's first Buffalo Wild Wings is nearing completion in the Kohlers Crossing shopping center. The menu includes bone-in and boneless wings, crispy chicken dippers, sandwiches, wraps and salads.

• 1080 Kohlers Crossing, Kyle

Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick's Sporting Goods is planned for development in Kyle Park, a 101-acre mixed-use project that city officials broke ground on in February. The retailer sells sports attire and equipment.

• 255 Kyle Park Ave., Ste. 1000, Kyle

City crews conducted hundreds of site visits, cleared hundreds of thousands of pounds of debris and moved dozens of people into shelter over the first month of Austin's ramped-up homeless encampment management.

The details: Earlier in the spring, Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations announced an expanded model for addressing the scores of known encampments in public places around the city. The renewed response came years after local voters reinstated a public camping ban, and followed shorter-term targeted encampment clearings by both the city and state agencies last year.

From May 11 to June 5, AHSO-led teams conducted 456 total visits to 127 unique locations citywide, where more than 334 tons of debris were cleared. Half of the people contacted at encampments accepted offers of assistance—either shelter or other services—while half declined any help. As part of ongoing monitoring, AHSO found people are frequently reoccupying sites after they're cleared, with signs of return activity at 28% of those locations.

A YMCA renovation, road reconstruction and a Crunch Fitness are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Johnny Morris Road ($32.7 million): This project involves roadway reconstruction with improvements to curbs, sidewalks, shared-use paths, signal modifications, and signage and pavement markings.

2. Texas Children's Hospital Austin ($17.9 million): This project includes a shell infill on the existing 5th floor of the hospital to house 12 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, beds and 12 Universal Care Pediatric Beds.

3. YMCA Four Points ($17 million): This project involves the single-story renovation of the existing YMCA facility and a new outdoor space with a pool house.

4. Blue Hole Nature Center ($4 million): A new 2,375-square-foot nature center is being built in Wimberley.

5. Crunch Fitness ($1.5 million): A new Crunch Fitness location is coming to Hutto, with construction set to begin this fall.