Williamson County wraps up RM 620 widening work
Williamson County and Texas Department of Transportation officials Monday held a ribbon cutting ceremony to announce the completion of the RM 620 widening project.
The roadway widening project stretched 2.74 miles from Cornerwood Drive to Deep Wood Drive. That section of RM 620 was widened from a 4-lane highway to a 6-lane highway including a raised median, curb and gutter.
WilCo & @TxDOTAustin will celebrate the completion of RM 620 improvement project at 9:30 am TODAY! Project is 2.74 miles from Cornerwood to Deep Wood. Join us in the parking lot at 1880 Round Rock Ave. @TrafficSaarFOX7@mandydugan@AnavidReyesKVUE@SophiaStamas@LeAnn_Wallace— Williamson County (@wilcogov) July 23, 2018
According to county officials, the project additionally included left and right-hand turn lanes, culverts, water-quality facilities, retaining walls and construction of sidewalk along parts of RM 620.
In all, the RM 620 widening project cost $6.3 million and took 17 months to complete.
TxDOT will now move to re-stripe the existing four-lane section to a six-lane section from Cornerwood Drive to Wyoming Springs Drive, per county officials. That work is scheduled to finish before the end of the month.
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Iain Oldman joined Community Impact Newspaper after spending two years in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he covered Pittsburgh City Council. He additionally worked with an investigative news organization where he reported on environmental topics and was a featured writer for Epicast Network, a Pittsburgh podcast company. Iain has now transitioned full-time into covering Round Rock, Pflugerville and Hutto.
