BOERNE — Geneva School of Boerne broke ground Wednesday on its long-awaited Interstate 10 access driveway project, designed to improve access to the school, now in its 26th year of operation.
The $1.9 million project includes over a quarter-mile of driveway connecting the campus to the I-10 access road, major drainage improvements required by the county permit, two gate points, fencing and a security booth.
“I am thrilled to report that we broke ground on the I-10 ‘Access Driveway Project’ on Wednesday,” said Head of School Leslie Mueller. “A vision seven years in the making is now officially underway.”
This entrance will improve campus security and access for families and emergency vehicles while reducing traffic on Cascade Caverns Road and avoiding the low water crossing on Old Fredericksburg Road.
The new entrance is also the first step in reorienting the Geneva campus to remove vehicular traffic from the center of the academic areas to create a more secure campus perimeter. Construction should take about four months.
The vision for this project began in 2018 when the Geneva Board of Trustees approved the purchase of an extra 19 acres from the neighboring Cavender car dealership. Over the intervening seven years, Geneva’s Master Planning Committee pursued permission to build the driveway from the city of Boerne and Kendall County.
The construction permit was granted in the spring of this year.
In 2022, through the school’s annual fundraiser and end-of-year giving, the GSB community gave the initial funding toward the driveway construction project.
Once the county granted the permit, the school was able to focus on raising the remaining amount necessary for the $1.9 million project.
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