The Round Rock portion of Toll 130 runs through the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction only, which means it is not within city limits and cannot be zoned and it does not have any infrastructure yet. That is the major reason no development projects are underway."Our utilities are not out there yet," said Joe Vining, vice president of economic development in Round Rock. "Once that happens, then we'll see some development."
According to Impact News -City planning director Jim Stendebach said he expects the one-mile segment of toll road within the city's ETJ to be within city limits in less than a year. The city is beginning work on a review of its general plan that was initiated because of Toll 130.
Four miles of Toll 45 goes directly through Round Rock as well and is an east west route to connect 183A Toll, Toll 1, IH 35 and Toll 130. Most of the Round Rock land along the Toll 45 has been zoned for planned unit development or general commercial use or is in its ETJ.
Further the city officials point out that-"State Highway 45 is a key component to the success of 130 because it connects 130 to Central and west Williamson County," Mayor Nyle Maxwell said. "Travis County, unlike southern Williamson County, has no major east-west freeway or toll road system in place. Folks living in Round Rock or southern Williamson County most certainly, in a lot of cases, can get to the airport faster than folks living in central, north or west Austin, simply because they've got to get across Austin and then to the airport east [to] west."
Not to mention I have personally used toll 130 just after it opened in September to come home from the airport during rush hour! I was amazed at the ease of the commute! I think it terrific that we have this new option open to us and it will make our area even more desirable for years to come!
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