Esperanza to get second entry; city bridge study starts Oct. 1

About 50 Esperanza residents gathered last week to hear city officials discuss a long sought-after second entry-exit point for the community.

Engineering and Mobility Director Jeff Carroll told residents that discussions are underway regarding the second roadway planned to the east of Esperanza Boulevard, connecting Highway 46 to Galisteo Road in the development.

City representatives recently met with the Lookout Group, the development company behind Esperanza, and work on the connection is expected to begin in late summer or early fall of 2026.

“Transportation planning isn’t about reacting to today’s traffic,” Carroll said. “It’s about using data to understand where our community is headed and making thoughtful, long-term investments that improve safety, increase mobility, and prepare Boeme for future growth.”

Staff also said a citywide bridge study will be launched Oct. 1, using funding from a federal transportation planning grant. The study will evaluate 18 bridges and help identify future maintenance, safety, and improvement needs.

The meeting was organized by an Esperanza resident who asked City staff to provide an overview of current and future transportation projects. Carroll and others talked about transportaYounger tion planning, roadway safety and proposed mobility improvements affecting the rapidly growing area.

The Esperanza master planned community is located outside Boerne’s city limits and was established by the Texas Legislature as a water control improvement district. Boerne provides the development with trash/recycling, natural gas, water, wastewater and reclaimed water through Boeme Utilities.

Additionally, as a part of the development agreement, Boeme oversees the approval of the community’s plats and infrastructure plans.

Carroll also reviewed the extensive history of transportation planning in Boerne and Kendall County dating to 1974. The presentation included in-depth explanations of previous mobility studies, including two previous Texas Department of Transportation planning efforts that were rejected by the Kendall County Commissioners Court.