ATX-PFH: Impact 10/16/2025

The Pflugerville City Council approved a deal on Oct. 14 to acquire 4.3 acres for an extension to Colorado Sand Drive, aiming to improve traffic flow and access to local businesses.

The gist: The agreement allows the city of Pflugerville to acquire roughly 4.3 acres of right of way on behalf of developer NP Lakeside 130, which will also fund the acquisition. Once the roadway is complete, the city of Pflugerville will maintain it as part of the public street network.

Bogey Master Golf Simulator in now open in Hutto.

Overview: The indoor golf simulator and lounge area, owned by Justin Chitwood and Pete Sandoval, offers golfers of all skill levels a chance to practice and play away from the elements.

Bogey Master’s Trackman-powered golf bays are available day or night, as the business is open 24/7, giving customers the opportunity to book a tee time that fits their schedule. The lounge is also BYOB, so customers can bring their own drinks and food.

Emergency cleanup crews will finish the ongoing debris removal operations in Williamson County in mid-December, County Emergency Management Director Bruce Clements said at an Oct. 14 meeting.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management and Federal Emergency Management Agency funded the cleanup following the July 4 weekend floods, which damaged many Central Texas cities, including Leander, Georgetown and Liberty Hill.

What’s being done: Grapple trucks filled with materials like tree branches, vegetation, soil and rocks have been transporting the debris to a cleanup site in Williamson County daily. Austin Wood Recycling in Hutto is turning the natural material into mulch, amounting to an area of mulch the size of a football field and over 60 feet deep.

The Texas House and Senate are launching new legislative committees to “get to the bottom of exactly what occurred” during this summer’s deadly Central Texas floods, state leaders announced Oct. 13.

The details: The bipartisan panels, known as the House and Senate General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events, will meet jointly to conduct “a comprehensive and thorough review” of the floods, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.

Lawmakers will be tasked with:

• Identifying strategies to strengthen Texas’ disaster preparedness
• Helping communities respond to future floods
• Examining actions taken at summer camps in the flood zone