Here are 16 business updates to know for the Lake Travis and Westlake areas in April.

Now open
Bella Loma
Owned by Brandy, Lalo and Maria Salmeron, the business offers a tasting room for customers to enjoy house-distilled agave spirits and mixed drinks, including margaritas, Mexican martinis and specialty drinks. The distillery has a ranch in Mexico to grow and harvest agave.

• Opened Feb. 21
• 12501 County Road 404, Spicewood

• Opening this summer
• 2901 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Unit J01B, Austin

West Lake Hills City Council voted to jointly send a letter of conditional support for the MoPac South Environmental Assessment with Rollingwood on April 22.

The letter will be sent to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority with a list of conditions required in order for the project to be supported by the two cities, including funding a diverging diamond intersection off Mopac and Bee Cave Road, implementing traffic noise barriers on the Rollingwood side of the highway, and maintaining lane elevation at the designated height.

The details: According to West Lake Hills Mayor James Vaughan, the diverging diamond intersection will reduce peak-hour delays by 48%-58%, with eastbound delays reduced by 33%-50%, westbound delays reduced by 57%-83% and northbound delays reduced by 75%.

Traffic noise barriers must also extend to the Rollingwood side of the highway, as they currently extend farther on the Zilker side, Vaughan said.

The last requirement of conditional support is to maintain lane elevation at the previously designated height.

From road construction in Georgetown to a skatepark in Kyle, here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Ronald Regan Boulevard Widening ($29.7 million): This project includes the construction of new lanes and intersection improvements on Ronald Reagan Boulevard, including drainage structures, bridges, retaining walls, lighting, signals and more.

2. Expo Center Park and Ride ($17.3 million): This project involves construction of a new park-and-ride. It will include bus bays and electric vehicle charging stations.

3. Round Rock ISD Hartfield PAC Renovation ($6 million): Construction will begin next year on a total roof replacement, mechanical equipment replacement, public address system upgrade, and interior other work, including replacement of flooring and wall finishes in the lobby and green room.

4. Gregg-Clarke Skatepark ($3.1 million): The Kyle skatepark will include approximately 34,000 square feet of concrete skatepark and pump track.

5. Creekview Vet Clinic ($2 million): Construction will begin in June on a vet clinic in New Braunfels.

In the early hours of July 4, 2025, an intense rainstorm pummeled communities in the Texas Hill Country, submerging low-water crossings as segments of the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in 90 minutes. Twenty-seven young campers and counselors died at Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls summer camp located along the river in Hunt.

Those deaths could have been prevented if camp leadership took action sooner or had a written evacuation plan in place, investigators told a panel of state lawmakers tasked with studying the flood response during an April 27 hearing.

Quote of note: “Questions about what should happen next are many, but for me, one thing is clear: This tragedy could have been prevented,” Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, said.

Zooming in: Camp Mystic staff had more than two hours to evacuate 386 campers from their cabins, investigator Casey Garrett said.

In violation of state law, the camp did not have a written evacuation plan and counselors were not trained on what to do in an emergency, she said.