For the past few weeks, Lakeway residents who frequently use the section of Lohman’s Crossing Road between Lakeway Blvd., and Sailmaster Street have been taking a detour while crews reconstructed the heavily-traveled route.

However, commuters could be taking a direct route as early as this Friday, according to Lakeway City Engineer Paul Duncan.
“Crews have been busy milling the roadway and have also completed the concrete driveway that will access the Lakeway Municipal Utilities District facility, as well as the concrete driveway that heads into the residential subdivision,” Duncan told the City Council during regular session Aug. 16 at City Hall. “They have also been working on areas to improve drainage from the street.”
Road crews have also revamped the access to the fire station located in the area to improve drainage, Duncan said.
Duncan said the crews were using equipment that could recycle the existing asphalt along the roadway. He said that process was also nearing completion.
“Our crews have also milled the area that approaches Lakeway Blvd., in preparation for the overlay,” Duncan said. “They completed the overlay the following day.”
The city reluctantly allocated $48,400 for engineering work in advance of repairs at its regular council meeting Feb. 16, after it became clear the road was in serious need of renovation and that concrete in some areas was rapidly deteriorating.
The final repairs are expected to cost approximately $375,000.
Duncan told the council last February that the road had “significant base failure and alligator cracking.” Had the city not ponied up for the reconstruction Duncan warned the road “could be a maintenance nightmare.” According to Duncan, when the road and bridge were originally built, it wasn’t to the city’s current standards. But when the current reconstruction is completed, it should serve the city’s needs for years to come.
Since the roadway fronts Lakeway Police Department and Lake Travis Fire Rescue Station 602, construction crews have made provisions to allow access for emergency vehicles.
By last Monday, much of the center-street striping had already been accomplished.
“It will probably be Friday afternoon until it is opened,” Davis said, noting there would still be some additional work to put the finishing touches on the reconstruction process.
The council also heard a briefing on the current status of the Lakeway Regional Medical Center. In recent weeks, two cranes have been erected to help facilitate the construction process.
“The hospital is now under construction and around January things will really start to pick up,” said John Readyhough, Director of Operations for Aqualand Development. “The first structure will be an office building.”
“Will there be two or just one?” Lakeway Mayor Dave DeOme asked.
“At first, it will be one 8,000 square foot building, Readyhough said, who then warned that it may
“not look real pretty” until the facility is landscaped, which is not likely to take place until the construction projects are completed.
He said the professional buildings should be completed in the Spring of 2011.
“Over the next two years, the construction at the site will really ramp up,” “At first, it will be one 8,000 square foot building, Readyhough said.
The council continued a requested zoning change for the Lakeway Airpark South be delayed until its October meeting.
The council also agreed to continue a dispatching agreement with the City of Bee Cave. The two entities have been cooperating with dispatching services since 2006.
The city also met in closed session with its attorney, Patty Akers, to discuss a development agreement regarding Crosswater Yacht Club, which has plans to build a marina in the Graveyard Point area, which falls in the city’s extra territorial jurisdiction. The city did not take action, but say recent court actions could have an adverse impact on plans for the marina.
Last month, 261st Civil District Court Judge Lora Livingston ruled the Stewart Ranch, which encompasses much of the area, was not commercial property.