A category of news which piqued readers’ interest in The Highlander involved law enforcement activity including roadway collisions and crime investigations. From a double homicide case in Burnet County to a mishap where a car ends up in Lake LBJ, the following is a look at the most read reports in 2021: Motorcycle pursuit leads to passenger death A Cottonwood Shores woman died after succumbing to her injuries following a motorcycle pursuit which ended in a crash on RM 2900 in Kingsland.

UPDATE: According to TxDOT, "The repair work finished up yesterday and the northbound lanes were reopened. Crews removed loose soil and other material, backfilled the hole and repaired the roadway. It’s believed the failure was caused by the boring equipment under the roadway. To prevent that from happening again, crews will cut open the roadway to install the remaining drain line. The southbound lanes are closed for this work and two-way traffic is moving in the northbound lanes of US 281."

Despite a decrease in traffic crashes in 2020, Texas saw a dramatic rise in the number of people killed walking and biking on our roadways. Last year, 731 people died in pedestrian-related crashes, an increase of 9 percent from 2019.

Marble Falls City Council members approved an ordinance Feb. 23 to install the new speed limit signs on US 281. A Texas Department of Transportation speed study, requested by the city of Marble Falls, resulted in a recommendation to reduce the speed limit from just north of Mission Hills Drive to just south of Nature Heights Drive (pictured here) from 50 to 45 mph. Another area to be lowered is 12th Street to just north of Mission Hills Drive to be lowered from 40 to 35 mph.