ATX-SBK: Impact 11/3/2025

Get the latest updates on eight major transportation projects in Hays County, including road widenings, new roundabouts and street reconstructions.

Upcoming projects
RM 967 deceleration lanes
Project: Deceleration lanes are being added to RM 967 in two locations: Garlic Creek Drive/Remuda Trail and Garlic Creek Drive/Grove Lane.
Update: in final construction plans

• Timeline: 2021-TBD (Working through agreements with TxDOT)
• Cost: $500,000
• Funding source: 2021 Buda bond

• Timeline: 2025-26
• Cost: TBD
• Funding source: 2025 road project certificates of obligation

• Timeline: completed
• Cost: $11.4 million
• Funding source: 2022 Kyle bond

The owners of Creekhouse Kitchen & Bar will open Tex-Mex and barbecue food truck Neon Armadillo’s permanent spot in less than one week.

In a nutshell: Chef Adam Puskorius previously told Community Impact the brick-and-mortar will sit on a 3-acre property designed with a “Hill Country playground” vibe.

On the menu: The menu will offer smoked brisket and tri-tip, grass-fed lamb carnitas and beef burgers, al pastor-style pulled pork, and more.

• Opening Nov. 5

Here are the top Community Impact stories in the Austin area from Oct. 27-31.

1. Taiwan-based tech company to locate first US manufacturing facility in Georgetown

2. TxDOT spends $748M to burrow bus-size tunnels under Central Austin

3. The Flats opens in downtown Round Rock after relocation

4. Check out 3 of the latest development stories in Bastrop County

5. GFiber to start connecting Georgetown homes, businesses in 2026

6. New Bee Cave Trader Joe’s opens Oct. 29

Millions of Texans may see delays in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits beginning Nov. 1, as the federal government shutdown reaches the one-month mark.

The latest: The federal food assistance program is set to run out of funding in November, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Two federal judges ruled Oct. 31 that the Trump Administration must use federal contingency funds, which are stockpiled for emergency expenses, to fund SNAP in November, although the next steps surrounding SNAP benefits were unclear as of press time.

The local impact: Over 3.5 million Texans receive SNAP benefits each month, according to Feeding Texas, the statewide network of food banks.

“People are at risk of going hungry if the government doesn't reopen and SNAP benefits are delayed. … These are already vulnerable Texans,” Feeding Texas CEO Celia Cole said in an Oct. 27 interview.

Food banks across the state Texas food banks previously expanded their operations to meet increased demand as thousands of federal workers go without paychecks during the shutdown.