ATX-LTW: Impact 11/4/2025

Here are four local transportation updates to know in November for the Lake Travis and Westlake areas.

Ongoing projects
1. Traffic control devices on RM 620 from Foundation Road to Hudson Bend Road
The project from the Texas Department of Transportation includes traffic cameras, dynamic message signs and underground communications cabling along RM 620 between Hudson Bend Road and Foundation Road.

• Update: The project is nearing completion.
• Timeline: estimated for fall completion
• Cost: $6.5 million
• Funding: state and federal funding

• Update: Cedar Street bridge construction is underway and the bridge is expected to open by the end of 2025.
• Timeline: slated for mid-2026 completion
• Cost: $72.1 million
• Funding source: TxDOT, city of Austin 2016 Mobility Bond

Local families can help raise funds to fight neuroblastoma at an upcoming event from nonprofit Wade’s Army.

Diving in deeper: Wade’s Army is a nonprofit that supports families, hospitals and doctors in the fight against neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that can develop in children.
The November event at Covert Cadillac Bee Cave will have a variety of activities for adults and children, including:

• Games for kids, such as soccer, football, baseball and basketball
• A balloon artist
• A mechanical bull
• Live music provided by American Idol contestant JD Casper
• An open bar
• Tailgate-style comfort food
• Vendors to shop from
• Raffles for two Chevrolet Blazers

• Nov. 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• $100 (adults), $30 (children ages 3-18), free (children under 3)
• Covert Cadillac Bee Cave, 16501 Sweetwater Village Drive, Bldg. 2, Austin

Austin and Travis County leaders are promoting area resources and urging community assistance as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits are potentially expiring for November due to the federal government shutdown.

Over 87,000 people in Travis County could be impacted by SNAP losses. Local leaders estimate those benefits now total more than $16 million every month. 

Sari Vitske, CEO of the Central Texas Food Bank, said the nonprofit has already been contending with a "food crisis" and now anticipates greater need if SNAP recipients are affected. Austin also reported "record" food distributions and long pantry wait times for the nonprofit this year, as well as a 75% funding cut to its home delivery program.

SNAP funding was expected to halt in November. However, a federal judge on Oct. 31 granted a temporary restraining order to maintain the supplemental food program's funding. If benefits end up being affected, Vitske said total community-wide impacts are still uncertain.

Election Day is Nov. 4. Polling places across Texas will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., according to the secretary of state’s office.

The overview: Voters in the following counties can vote at any polling place within their county of residence through the countywide voting program: Bastrop, Bexar, Brazoria, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Fort Bend, Galveston, Guadalupe, Harris, Hays, Tarrant, Travis and Williamson. Registered voters in other counties are required to visit a polling place specific to their voting precinct.

On the ballot: Texas voters will decide on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution during the Nov. 4 election. Each proposition was approved by at least two-thirds of state lawmakers this spring before being placed on the ballot.

Voters in various communities across the state may also see local propositions and races on their ballots, including a 20% tax rate increase in Austin, a congressional race in Harris County and a state Senate race in Tarrant County.

Learn more: To get to know the propositions and candidates on your local ballot, visit www.communityimpact.com/voter-guide.