Oak Hill, Texas
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Oak Hill, Texas is a neighborhood in southwest Austin, Texas.
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[edit] Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods in Oak Hill are Appaloosa Run, Circle C Ranch, Covered Bridges, Estates of Shady Hollow, Granada Hills, Hill Country Estates, Legend Oaks, Legend Oaks II, Estates of Loma Vista, Lewis Mountain Ranch, New Villages at Western Oaks, Oak Acres, Scenic Brook West, Sendera, Shady Hollow, South Windmill Run, Travis Country West, Valley View Village Condominium, Villages of Shady Hollow, Westcreek, Western Oaks, Westview Estates, Wyldwood-Kellywood, and Neighbors of Zyle Road.
[edit] Boundaries
Since Oak Hill never was incorporated, its official boundary lines are a bit hazy. But according to the Oak Hill Association of Neighborhoods, the Oak Hill area consists of the “neighborhoods bordering Brodie Lane down to the Travis/Hays County line, following the county line on the south up to Highway 290 West, and then neighborhoods bordering Circle Drive and Thomas Springs Road and finally along the Southwest Parkway.” This area includes the 78735, 78736, 78737, 78739, 78748, and 78749 zip codes and includes almost 100,000 people. Oak Hill also has its own community newspaper, the Oak Hill Gazette 1, which has exclusive coverage of the news and events in the area.
[edit] History
In 1983 the City of Austin started annexing parts of Oak Hill. This was not a big hit with many Oak Hill residents, because Austin failed to promptly live up to some of the promises it made to Oak Hill regarding various city services and other benefits.
In 1985 the Oak Hill Association of Neighborhoods was formed. The areas of their purview include … “everything from radio towers, to libraries, pools, pipelines, parks, asphalt plants, roads, restrictive covenants and deed restrictions, city zoning, fund-raisers, signs, nuisances, crime, big-boxes and aquifers.”
[edit] 290/71 Highway Expansion
Currently, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) is planning to expand highway 290/71, the Highway 290 West project. This has caused a lot of debate within the Oak Hill community.
TxDOT has designed a variety of options for 290/71 and is seeking community input on those designs. They can be viewed on TxDOT's web site
A local citizen's group, Fix290, has proposed a parkway design as an alternative to TxDOT's raised platform designs.
Many articles regarding the 71/290 project and the surrounding controversy can be viewed at the Oak Hill Gazette.
