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Bastrop · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Council pulls 222 acres into the city for Bastrop West

A 4–0 vote on Oct. 27 annexes land east of FM 20 for a planned hospital, hotel, and mixed-use stretch south of SH 71.

Bastrop City Council voted 4–0 on Oct. 27 to annex nearly 222 acres for Bastrop West, a Palm Properties project east of FM 20 and south of SH 71. Council Member Kerry Fossler was absent. The Statesman reports the plan mixes medical care, a hotel and convention center, housing, offices, parks, and trails.

Council also updated the municipal service plan for about 170 acres of Bastrop West already inside the city from a 2023 agreement. The plan assigns police, fire, and wastewater to the city. Fire service has been the sticky piece: the owner has sought city coverage instead of Emergency Services District No. 2.

A hospital feasibility study the city has funded found most patients from a wide service area still leave the region for care. A separate study floated a 300-room hotel and a 40,000-square-foot convention center. What gets built still depends on partnerships, staffing, and money. Ascension Seton Bastrop is already open on a smaller scale.

Source: Austin American-Statesman