In an Austin Business Journal article, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority chief Mike Heiligenstein holds up the 183A Toll Road project as an example of “how improving mobility can help shape the trajectory of a region’s economic prosperity.” Providing congestion relief and opening new areas to development, the two completed phases of 183A have helped shape Williamson County’s expansion into a “healthy, thriving, and inclusive community,” Heiligenstein writes. He notes that CTRMA’s “flexible financial engine” enables it to expand capacity in anticipation of traffic increases instead of responding to gridlock conditions. Heiligenstein also discusses the 183A Phase III expansion slated to get underway next year.
