The Texas Department of Transportation takes its mission as a public service agency quite seriously.
We want to communicate and engage with the public as much as possible to make sure members of the community have their voice heard in terms of our work across the San Antonio region. That’s why we readily agreed to participate in the community meeting held this week in Helotes to address public safety concerns.
Safety is at the core of everything we do at TxDOT – our top priority.
We want to thank event organizers and residents for providing input into how safety can be enhanced at the curve/intersection of Riggs Road and FM 1560. Our records indicate that there have been four non-injury crashes at this intersection since the construction project was completed in fall 2018. We have made note of the various ideas, suggestions and recommendations shared with us by the public at this week’s meeting.
We are currently undertaking a traffic engineering analysis, conducting surveying and examining potential steps we can take both in the short- and long-term. Some of these include decreasing in-line-of-sight obstacles such as reducing vegetation and looking into possible changes to the concrete barrier. Additional measures being considered include additional signage and pavement markings.
We will know more specifics once the surveying and analysis have concluded. In order to develop an implementable plan of action, we can’t look at just one intersection – we need to examine all roadways and intersections on the project as a whole. Again, we highly appreciate residents’ input and we take their concerns regarding public safety with the utmost interest and consideration.
We look forward to working with the City of Helotes, county and state elected officials and of course community members to make our roadways as efficient and safe as possible.