City officials celebrate the completion of Rodd Field Road Expansion project

Work has officially wrapped up on the Rodd Field Road expansion project.

The project was part of the 2020 bond proposal, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning for the project.

The work extended Rodd Field from Yorktown to Adler, and eventually connects to the Crosstown Expressway.

A protective left-hand turn onto Yorktown was also added to address safety concerns.

"Well, this is important specifically for the neighborhoods over here. They don't have a protective left-hand turn onto Yorktown, so right now, they have to get off Fred Folley and Ranch Revista, and it's making a left-hand turn on a two-lane highway where people are driving 50 miles an hour. So it's much safer to get to a lighted intersection with a protective left-hand turn," said Gil Hernandez, City Councilman District 5.

Another pending project is to turn Yorktown from a two-lane road to four lanes.