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In smaller communities and cities around the Greater Austin area, demand for health care specialists has risen at a rate unmatched by access to professionals, said Ashley Price, Austin Regional Clinic's vice president of operations.

Austin Regional Clinic, or ARC, is expanding its specialty services both north and south of Austin to provide unique care to residents in the surrounding cities.

Current situation: Access to health care specialists in Central Texas can be a barrier for residents seeking medical care, Price said. While cities neighboring Austin are growing rapidly, the nation faces a shortage of both primary care physicians and specialists.

Specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants with ARC travel to multiple clinic locations to meet patients where there is a need, so they are not required to journey into Austin for care.

The specifics: ARC is further expanding with the opening of a Lockhart clinic on June 15, and ARC South Specialty in South Austin, opening in phases beginning June 1.

ARC also opened the Greenlawn Specialty clinic in Round Rock on Jan. 19.

On June 23, the Hays County Commissioners Court will discuss a recommendation to no longer consider Kyle Vista Park as a potential location for the approximately $65 million Eastside Campus administrative facility, according to agenda documents.

The city of Kyle and Hays County entered into a memorandum of understanding in August 2025 to combine three county projects on one site: the Hays County Eastside Campus, a regional animal shelter and Kyle Vista Park.

The two-minute impact: The Eastside Campus development would be a three-story administrative building housing 175 total staff members and a variety of services on the east side of Hays County in the city of Kyle.

Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe and Precinct 2 Commissioner Michelle Cohen will sponsor the recommendation to no longer consider Kyle Vista Park as a destination for the facility. Discussion on the agenda item will be held in an executive session closed to the public, according to agenda documents.

In October 2025, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, began accepting applications for transportation projects seeking federal funding. The city of San Marcos was awarded $12.6 million in CAMPO funding for two projects.

What happened: During a Jan. 20 San Marcos City Council meeting, the council approved applications for CAMPO funding for two transportation projects, according to agenda documents: the Cape Street Shared Use Path project and Old Ranch Road 12 Improvements project.

The Cape Street Shared Use Path project was awarded $820,934 to be put toward the approximately $1.03 million design phase. The Old Ranch Road 12 Improvements project was awarded approximately $11.8 million to be put toward the $14.7 million construction phase, according to the release. 

Diving deeper: For the Cape Street Shared Use Path project, the city will construct a 10-foot shared use path along both sides of Cape Street, according to agenda documents.

The Old Ranch Road 12 improvements project will widen the roadway to create a continuous center turn lane, bike lanes and sidewalks.

Check out the latest Austin metro transportation project updates.

Upcoming projects
RM 1431 road and intersection improvements
Project: The project will span New Hope Drive to Bagdad Road, and the intersection of RM 1431/Whitestone Boulevard and 183A Toll in Cedar Park.
Update: Preliminary engineering and design of the intersection is next. 

• Timeline: TBD
• Cost: $11.9 million (road), $15.9 million (intersection)
• Funding source: city of Cedar Park, Mobility Authority, Surface Transportation Block Grant

• Timeline: total project completion expected in 2026
• Cost: $5.8 million
• Funding source: Type B sales tax

• Timeline: 2023-26
• Cost: $91.5 million
• Funding source: Waterloo Greenway, city of Austin Tax Increment funding, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers