PRESENTER: Presenter
Garry Ford, Transportation and Construction Services Director
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SUBJECT: Title
Presentation and update on the City of New Braunfels Thoroughfare Plan Update.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Construction Services
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of New Braunfels Thoroughfare Plan is a long-range transportation plan that identifies the locations and types of roadway facilities needed to meet projected long-term growth within the area. The Thoroughfare Plan is not a list of construction projects but rather a tool that enables the city to preserve future corridors for transportation system development.
Under the provisions of Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Title 7, Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City of New Braunfels can require that development plans and subdivision plats conform to “… the general plan of the municipality and its current and future streets …” and ”… the general plan for extension of the municipality and its roads, streets, and public highways within the municipality and its extra-territorial jurisdiction.”
Requirements for right-of-way dedication and construction of street improvements apply to all subdivisions of land within the City’s incorporated area and its extra-territorial jurisdiction. The Thoroughfare Plan depicts proposed general right-of-way and alignments for new parkway, arterial, and collector roadways, as well as the widening and extensions of existing roadways. The actual alignments of these roadways may vary from this plan and will be determined through the subdivision development process and the engineering phase of design and studies.
The current Thoroughfare Plan was adopted on March 12, 2012. The purpose of this update is to:
• Amend thoroughfares that have been developed and established by the City Council;
• Remove collector thoroughfares that exist and do not serve long-range growth;
• Adjust thoroughfares to reflect existing and future development;
• Establish thoroughfare right-of-way in established and context-sensitive areas; and
• Update existing typical street cross sections.
These are considered mostly minor changes and will be compiled in a final report and updated map. Staff will present the proposed changes for discussion, and detailed information is available on the city’s website: newbraunfels.gov/thoroughfare. Formal action by the City Council is expected in December 2025.
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