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I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group

The Downtown Stakeholder Working Group was formed in 2013 to help the Austin/Central Texas region chart the future of this essential transportation corridor. Members represent neighborhood groups, business organizations, local governmental entities, I-35 users and other stakeholders with an interest in I-35 through downtown Austin. Members include: ​
  • Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)
  • Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
  • City of Austin
  • City of Austin Fire Department
  • City of Austin Police Department
  • City of Buda
  • City of Kyle
  • City of Pflugerville
  • City of Round Rock
  • Congress for New Urbanism
  • Downtown Austin Alliance
  • Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association (DANA)
  • East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Association
  • Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce​
  • Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Hays County​​​
  • Huston-Tillotson University
  • Organization of Central East Austin Neighborhoods (OCEAN)
  • People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER)
  • Rainey Neighbors Association, Inc.
  • Real Estate Council of Austin​​
  • Reconnect Austin
  • Sierra Club
  • Texas Facilities Commission
  • Texas Trucking Association
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Travis County
  • Waller Creek Conservancy
  • Williamson County

Goal 

Downtown Stakeholder Working Group focuses its work on the federally-mandated transportation development process; current conditions and challenges along and across I-35 through downtown Austin; and options, along with planned improvements, for the downtown Austin area. It raises community awareness of needed I-35 improvements and improvement options identified in the Mobility35 Plan, and works to facilitate an on-going community outreach process that focuses on the challenges associated with implementing the​ improvement options in the downtown Austin area.​

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 1, November 6, 2013

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 2, December 4, 2013

  • Agenda
  • Meeting 1 Information Request Responses
  • Tolling of Interstate Highways: A Review of Related Legislative Regulations
  • ​Presentations with Audio
    • Are there any social implications to IH35? - Greg Smith
    • An overview of Previous I-35 Studies - Bob Daigh
    • How do you develop a project? - Chuck Fuhs
  • ​​All Presentations (PDF)
  • Depressed Concept With Caps - Driving view traveling north on northbound frontage road
  • Depressed Concept With Caps - Driving view traveling north on northbound mainlanes
  • Depressed Concept With Caps – Aerial view moving north looking northeast
  • Modified Existing Concept – Driving view traveling north on northbound
  • Modified Existing Concept – Driving view traveling north on northbound frontage road
  • Modified Existing Concept - Aerial view moving north looking northeast

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 3, February 5, 2014

​I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 4, March 4, 2014

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 5, April 9, 2014

  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • Summary of the Data Dig #2, Terry McCoy, TxDOT
    • Mobility35 Preliminary Neighborhood Survey Results, Lynda Rife, Rifeline
    • Downtown Transportation and Development Plans
      • Capital Metro, Todd Hemingson, Capital Metro
      • City of Austin Bike Plan, Nathan Wilkes, City of Austin Neighborhood Connectivity Division
      • Waller Creek, John Rigdon, Waller Creek Conservancy
      • University of Texas Dell Medical School and Innovation District, Sly Majid, Office of Mayor Lee Leffingwell
      • Downtown Development Plans, Michael Knox, City of Austin
  • ​​All Presentations (PDF)

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 6, May 7, 2014

  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • Technical Feasibility Wrap-Up, Terry McCoy, TxDOT
    • Aesthetics Overview, Mark Mathews, HNTB
    • Update on I-35 Capital Area Improvement Program Activity, Stacey Benningfield, TxDOT
  • ​​All Presentations (PDF​)

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 7, June 4, 2014

  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • ​Urban Design and Aesthetics, Jana McCann, McCann-Adams Studio
  • All Presentations (PDF)

I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 8, July 9, 2014

  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • I-35 Urban Design Discussion Outcomes
    • Introduction to Funding – Case Studies
      • Lady Bird Lake Boardwalk Trail, David Taylor, City of Austin
      • Waller Creek Conservancy, Melanie Barnes
  • ​​​All Presentations (PDF)
 ​​I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 9, August 6, 2014
  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • Concept Updates and Answering your Questions, Terry McCoy, TxDOT
    • Final Report Walk Through, Steve Miller, HNTB Corporation​
  • All Presentations (PDF)
I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 10, September 10, 2014
  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • Technical Update, Terry McCoy, TxDOT
    • Review of Urban Design Principles, Mark Mathews, HNTB
    • Caps Action Plan, Rob Spillar, city of Austin
    • Overview of Downtown Stakeholder Working Group Report, Carlos Lopez, HNTB
  • ​​All Presentations (PDF)
I-35 ​Downtown Stakeholder Working Group​ Meeting 11, October 8, 2014
  • Agenda
  • Presentations with Audio
    • Final Technical Feasibility Update, Terry McCoy, TxDOT
    • Final Vote on Revised Working Group Resolution, Lynda Rife, Rifeline
    • Welcome, Senator Kirk Watson
    • Report to Leadership, Carlos Lopez, HNTB​​
    • Recognition of Participants, Senator Kirk Watson and Mayor Lee Leffingwell
    • Closing Remarks, Greg Malatek, TxDOT
  • ​​I-35 Downtown Stakeholder Working Group Report​
  • All Presentations (PDF​)
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