Changes are coming for the Union Pacific Railroad switching station near Burleson Street in Kyle and for Farm to Market Road 150.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved an agreement for preliminary engineering services with Union Pacific for the proposed relocation of a switching station between Burleson Street and Kohlers Crossing.The switching station will be moved about 2,000 feet north of Burleson Street in order to avoid interfering with improvements to Burleson Street and to ease traffic concerns about trains blocking crossings in Kyle.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization gave the city of Kyle more than $15 million for the preliminary engineering, right-of-way acquisition and construction associated with the project. Kyle and Hays County have since agreed that the county will assume development of the project. According to the agenda item, Hays County has identified $1.5 million for the project in the voter-approved 2016 Road Bond Program.
