DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Major Thoroughfare Plan Amendment - Real Road
SUMMARY:
Consideration of a request to amend the Major Thoroughfare Plan, a component of the City of San Antonio Master Plan, by removing a proposed segment of Real Road from Loop 410 to existing Real Road, located in the City of San Antonio's Council District 2 and eastern Bexar County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Major Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) adopted as a component of the City's Comprehensive Master Plan generally identifies the location for major roads within San Antonio and its extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The MTP assures an adequate transportation network that works to move people, goods, and services in an optimal and efficient manner through right-of-way dedication for future roads. The MTP was adopted by City Council through Ordinance No. 49818 on September 21, 1978. The MTP has been amended several times through the years to calibrate and realign the thoroughfares along with development of the greater San Antonio metropolitan area. The MTP is generally built as development occurs.
The East/West Connector (later known as Real Road) was designated in 1986 as a Secondary Arterial Type A on the Major Thoroughfare Plan in 1986 by Ordinance No. 63551.
ISSUE:
The request is to remove a proposed segment of Real Road, a Secondary Arterial Type A requiring 86 feet of right-of-way, between Loop 410 and the existing Real Road. The western segment of the adopted alignment of Real Road, between Loop 410 and Foster Road, requires new right-of-way to be dedicated on currently undeveloped land.
Several developments in China Grove have been approved and built such that the eastern segment of the adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan alignment, between Foster Road and existing Real Road, can no longer be implemented. The presence of several large floodplains makes the segment unlike...
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