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A new road opens in Dripping Springs this week that should help relieve some traffic at the Highway 290 and Ranch Road 12 intersection.
Village Grove Parkway will connect Highway 290 near Grease Monkey to Ranch Road 12 just south of Sports Park Road. The city of Dripping Springs said that it will provide “a convenient alternate route that is expected to significantly reduce congestion along RR 12 near the Highway 290 intersection.”
The posted speed limit along Village Grove Parkway is 35 mph, though it will be temporarily reduced to 25 mph while construction activity continues in the area.
As Village Grove Parkway opens, Sports Park Road will temporarily close to allow construction crews to complete improvements and remove the existing traffic signal at RR 12. During this time, access to Rob Shelton Boulevard and Dripping Springs Sports & Recreation Park will be available via the new Village Grove Parkway. The work on Sports Park Rd is expected to take approximately two weeks.
When Sports Park Road reopens, it will permanently operate as right-in/right-out only, as the traffic signal at RR 12 and Sports Park Rd will no longer be in place.
The intersection of Highway 290 and Village Grove Parkway will operate as right-out only onto US 290 (toward Austin). This turn restriction will remain in place until a traffic signal is installed with the future extension of Wild Ridge Blvd to the north.
The road officially opened on Nov. 12 at 5 a.m.
