An open house and ribbon cutting will be held Thursday for the renovated San Marcos Convention and Visitors Bureau located at the southbound Interstate-35 access road and Riverside Drive next to the City of San Marcos Nature Center.

The City of San Marcos has announced road projects that will affect traffic in town for the next week. Among the streets involved in the projects are Hopkins Street, Sessom Drive, Craddock Avenue and Wonder World Drive.

The two-year Rio Vista Terrace Neighborhood Improvement Project will kick off with a groundbreaking ceremony at the San Marcos Nature Center Saturday at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend.

The City of San Marcos capital improvements department is soon to embark on improvements for the Rio Vista neighborhood, which will include new waterlines, new wastewater lines, storm drains, streets, curbs and sidewalks.

An investigation continues into the cause of a Friday afternoon fire that has paralyzed business at Herbert’s Taco Hut on Riverside Drive near the southbound Interstate-35 access road.

A train stopped on the tracks in the heart of San Marcos, wreaking havoc on rush-hour traffic for more than an hour Friday afternoon. San Marcos police said the train was having brake issues and an emergency stop was required to check them.

By the time city crews shut off a 50-feet high geyser at Hopkins Street and C.M. Allen Parkway late Monday afternoon, they had yet to determine the cause or extent of the damage from a punctured water main.

Traffic on Riverside Drive will be directed one-way eastbound between Cheatham Street and Haynes Street as the city continues a wastewater project that started in October.