A downtown San Marcos streetscaping project, which still needs to be fully funded, would begin in combination with a drainage project on Hutchison Street and North LBJ Drive. The project will reduce parking spaces while widening and beautifying sidewalks.
The City of San Marcos has announced road and street projects affecting traffic in San Marcos for next week (Jan. 17-23).
Against objections from a downtown parking advisory board, the San Marcos City Council recently approved an amended plan for the Concho Commons project that now calls for 39 residential units on the north edge of downtown.
Having acquired additional funding, Hays County officials are poised to proceed with restorations to one of its old jails, a 19th century, two-story limestone structure nestled in the Historic Dunbar District a few blocks from the courthouse square in downtown San Marcos. The Hays County Commissioners Court accepted a $25,000 grant Tuesday for the jail’s restoration from the Texas Historical Commission (THC), a state agency headquartered in Austin.
No one knows when the city’s downtown master plan will become reality, but a drainage project for parts of LBJ Drive, Hutchison Street and University Drive will force a sneak peak at the next iteration of downtown San Marcos.
Texas State University System (TSUS) regents approved the design of a $47.7 million undergraduate academic center Friday, moving ahead with the 130,000-square-foot facility at the university’s south gateway.
San Marcos City Council candidates met with members of the San Marcos Downtown Association last week in a forum to discuss issues mostly pertaining to the city core.
Hays County Commissioners will allow the City of San Marcos to use the parking inlets on the Hopkins Street side of the Hays County Courthouse during night hours, despite the objections of County Judge Liz Sumter, whose parking space is located in one of the inlets.
An abandoned Exxon Station at Pat Garrison and Guadalupe Streets could be coming back to life, but the San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) must make new allowances for convenience stores to sell gasoline.
A six-inch water main on Hopkins Street blew up in a geyser Sunday afternoon. It was at least the third water main break on Hopkins Street in the last six months.
