TxDOT will host interchange hearing

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has plans to rearrange the interchange of a welltraveled intersection in far south Marble Falls.

The proposal involves constructing a new interchange at U.S. 281 and Texas 71 from 1.5 miles north of SH 71 to 2 miles south of Texas 71 in Burnet County.

“Improvements to this intersection will help improve safety and mobility,” officials say. “Proposed upgrades include replacing the current cloverleaf interchange with a turbine interchange, adding elevated structures to improve mobility through the interchange, adding frontage roads to separate high-speed through traffic from local traffic and adding shareduse paths to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians.”