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As a new resident to the city of Austin, I would like to point out something that has been plaguing me for quite some time. For some strange reason several of our major streets seem to have a multitude of names for the same street. Take for example, here in Round Rock, University Blvd is also known as Chandler Rd., also known as RR 1431 and as Whitestone. FM 1825 is also known as Pecan Street in Pflugerville. Co Rd 119 is also known as 79, also known as Palm Valley, also known as FM 1660 which turns into Co Rd 175 and then becomes Sam Bass Rd.  How is this helping our tourist economy with this kind of mess? What’s even more inconvenient is the fact that this city has decided to use toll roads in lieu of building a proper loop. I’ve never lived in a city this large that doesn’t have a proper loop that completely covers the circumference of its borders.

I believe with a loop circling the city of Austin should be constructed with a portion of the funds generated from the Texas Title and Registration or the Texas Lotto. Even with the Texas Lotto, 63% goes to the winner as the cash prize, 25% goes to the Foundation School Fund, 5% goes to the Retailer Commision, 5% goes to the lotto administration, and 2% goes to State Programs.  A larger percentage could be taken from the retailer commission to go toward the roads that allows said consumer to arrive at his store to enable that shopper to purchase goods from his business.

First, this would create jobs required to build the actual highway. Second, it would alleviate some of the traffic from I-35 and perhaps even decrease some of the accidents that happen so frequently. Third, it would create ease in getting to and around this city so that more dollars are circulating here at home. Many people have resorting to online shopping from everything from clothing to groceries, simply to avoid the hassle of driving to a brick and mortar store to purchase goods, find parking, pay for said parking all the while spending upward of $3.75 a gallon to do so. It would be worth it for broach this topic and develop plans to unify our streets and neighborhoods and keep our dollars spent here at home here in Texas.