The Texas Department of Transportation is overhauling 14 miles of Loop 360 as part of the Texas Clear Lanes congestion relief initiative. Check out the latest updates on the five Loop 360 Program projects.

The details: Upcoming projects include work from MoPac to RM 2244, the RM 2244 intersection and the Lakewood Drive/Spicewood Springs Road intersection.

Two ongoing projects, funded by TxDOT and Austin's 2016 mobility bond, include:

Westlake Drive/Cedar Street

• Project: Improvements to the Westlake Drive and Cedar Street intersections, including removing the traffic signals from the main lanes, creating an underpass and adding shared-use paths and sidewalks.

• Update: Construction will continue on the Loop 360 mainlanes between Bold Ruler Way and Pennybacker Bridge through late 2026.

• Timeline: 2022-26

• Cost/funding source: $72.1 million

Courtyard Drive/RM 2222

• Project: Removing the traffic signal from the Loop 360 mainlanes at Courtyard Drive and constructing an overpass, reconfiguring RM 2222 at Loop 360 to a Diverging Diamond Interchange, and adding shared-use paths and sidewalks.

• Update: The project broke ground in April.

• Timeline: 2026-29

• Cost: $68.4 million

Zoom Room, an indoor dog training gym, closed in early October after filing for bankruptcy, according to an email sent out to customers.

The overview: Zoom Room offered dog training and socializing, including obedience classes, agility training and dog playgroups, among other services.

Zoom Room South Austin is listed as “permanently closed” on Yelp and Google.

A sign reading “bankrupt” is posted on the front door of the building.

What else: The company’s other location in North Austin is also closed.

• 5300 S. MoPac Expressway, Ste. 504, Austin

The average annual insurance premium for a Texas homeowner rose 79% in six years, from less than $2,000 in 2020 to more than $3,500 this year, Texas Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford told state lawmakers Oct. 5.

The overview: The rise in home insurance costs has been caused by severe weather, high inflationary costs impacting home repairs and "the concentration of risk" in the insurance market, Crawford said.

Experts said hardening homes against severe weather could help reduce expensive losses from disasters, resulting in lower insurance premiums.

Zooming in: Proponents of home-hardening incentives have pointed to their success in other Gulf Coast states, such as Alabama. Texas consumer advocacy groups and the insurance industry backed proposals to create a similar grant program last year, according to previous Community Impact reporting, but those measures did not pass.

"Resilience helps homeowners long before it shows up in an insurance bill because a stronger home holds up better when the storm comes," said Chelsea Stallings, a regional vice president for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.