MoKan Corridor Study

What is MoKan and where is it one might ask? It is the old Missouri - Kansas railroad right-of-way that runs from Georgetown into Austin. Lone Star Rail was going to use part of that 28 mile corridor for their track.

Since Lone Star Rail was cancelled last year, the Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, CAMPO, has been scheming on how to use that old railroad right-of-way.

CAMPO has awarded Round Rock $2M federal dollars to conduct a study on potential uses. According to the Round Rock web site, the RFP for the study has not been issued, but, it is expected this year.

Here is a list of potential uses of the corridor identified by TxDot in a previous study.

Not many people are enamoured with most of the potential uses, except maybe for the hike and bike trail.

The Georgetown Transportation Department staff has been involved on an on-going basis with these activities. The Mayor is the official Georgetown representative on the CAMPO board.

It seems like it is time for an update on this study activity as well as an update on the results of the Austin Area Research Organization to which Georgetown contributed $5K.

Ask your council person to let you know what is going on with the MoKan study and the AARO study.