The countywide transportation committee is now discussing “controversial” roadway projects, which include greenfield recommendations, and community responses already are starting to heat up.
The Kendall County, Boerne and Fair Oaks Transportation Committee is a citizen-run committee, with several officials from local municipalities seated, charged with making recommendations for shortrange projects to quickly alleviate existing traffic congestion and long-range projects to address current and projected transportation needs. The committee also is tasked with making policy recommendations to help design the transportation and land-use system across the county.
Several city officials – including Boerne Mayor Tim Handren – brought up the Kendall Gateway Study, expressing interest in reviewing some of the projects outlined in the failed 2017 Texas Department of Transportation study recommendations. The study included a “loop” around the city of Boerne that would require the acquisition of several privately owned lots that would have served as an alternate route for commercial and recreational vehicles around downtown Boerne.
