Steiner Ranch evacuation route up for $2.7 million vote Tuesday

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than five years after the 2011 historical wildfires in Central Texas, Travis County commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to fund the construction of an emergency evacuation route in the Steiner Ranch neighborhood, near Lake Travis.
The proposed $2.7 million project would construct an emergency road connecting Flat Top Ranch Road with Montview Drive. Currently, residents in the area say there is only one way in and out of the master planned community.
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