It’s quite possible Kyle’s population could explode by 142,743 persons within, say, five years. That’s not the total population by 2025. That’s how many persons could be added to the city’s current population by that time.
How did I arrive at that conclusion? It’s quite simple really.
During last night’s city council meeting, Communications Director Samantha Armbruster announced that the city has installed a new tab on its website’s homepage as well as its mobile app that allows citizens to see the current status of its construction projects.
The tab, labeled “Projects,” is located in the lower right corner of the city’s homepage. Clicking on the tab takes the viewer to this page that lists about a dozen constructions projects currently underway or about to commence as well as such items as this fascinating page detailing all the “known developments” planned for the city as of August. So I added up all those “number of units” listed on that page and the total came to 46,801. Then I checked U.S. Census Bureau statistics which revealed that the average household population in Kyle is 3.01 persons. See, it’s easy.
I know this page is primarily designed to allow citizens to check the daily status of road construction projects in their neighborhoods, but, as you can see, it really contains a lot of other worthwhile information as well. There’s this page that shows where new roads are planned and where current roads are planned to be upgraded. I was particularly fascinated with what, at first glance, appears to be the north end of some kind of loop at the bottom center of that page. I am attempting to learn more about that road. (Updated information: It appears this road is what San Marcos has designated as "Loop 80" that's highlighted on Page 78 of that city's Transportation Master Plan.)
City council members were effusive in their praise of the new tab.
“To have a one-stop shop for construction projects from the city is invaluable,” Mayor Travis Mitchell said. “I can imagine that not only will staff be sharing it with residents, but council will be sharing it with residents and, most importantly, residents will be sharing it with residents.”
“Great job,” council member Tracy Scheel said. “It’s beautiful. Thank you. I know a lot of the citizens really wanted it and needed it. Beautiful job. Beautiful job.”
“With an increasing number of city projects planned in Kyle, we wanted to make information as clear and accessible to residents as possible,” City Manager Scott Sellers said today in a prepared statement. “The Projects module was designed to be an active, accessible and hyper-local resource to help the community stay informed about road construction, parks projects and more.”
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