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Texas Approves $138B Plan; Most FM 3351 Widening Remains Unfunded

Drivers have a spring 2027 letting milestone for the I-10 turnaround; the larger four- and six-lane concepts remain longer-range work.

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Local project receiptFair Oaks Ranch Manager’s Weekly Memo — Aug. 21, 2026
The funded I-10 turnaround bridge project is scheduled for letting in spring 2027.
City of Fair Oaks Ranch
The city’s Aug. 21 memo identifies the funded I-10 turnaround and the unfunded widening phases farther north.

Texas adopted a projected $138 billion, 10-year transportation plan, while Fair Oaks Ranch reports that the remaining FM 3351 widening phases are unfunded and likely 10 years away or more.

For drivers through Fair Oaks Ranch, the next documented milestone is spring 2027 letting for the I-10 turnaround; the city says most broader widening is likely 10 years away or more.

The statewide total consists of $95 billion in projected project funding from existing state and federal revenue sources plus $43 billion for development and routine maintenance. The governor’s Aug. 26 announcement says the Texas Transportation Commission approved the 2027 Unified Transportation Program in August.

The city’s corridor report also describes work already delivered on FM 3351. Fair Oaks Ranch says the $12.7 million Cibolo Creek bridge project is substantially complete and that the elevated crossing maintained access across the creek during July flooding.

The funded turnaround project would improve the crossing over I-10 and adjust lanes along FM 3351 to just beyond Old Fredericksburg Road and the Camp Bullis south entrance. Letting opens construction bidding; completion comes later.

Beyond that project, the city says TxDOT continues environmental and conceptual design work from I-10 to Desperado Way and from Desperado Way to State Highway 46. Current concepts call for four lanes through most of Fair Oaks Ranch and six lanes north of the city, plus work at major intersections.

Texas’ $138 billion total covers projects, development and maintenance statewide. Fair Oaks Ranch’s Aug. 21 update gives the I-10 turnaround a letting date and identifies the two wider corridor segments as conceptual and unfunded. FM 3351 drivers have also seen a separate speed-limit change.

The next concrete FM 3351 milestone is TxDOT’s spring 2027 letting for the I-10 turnaround; the city says environmental and conceptual design continues on the two remaining corridor segments.

Two consequential questions remain: which project-control number, estimated cost and funding category govern the turnaround, and what funding action could advance the segments extending toward State Highway 46. The city’s Aug. 21 update establishes their present stages; TxDOT’s project and program records are needed to track what changes next.

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