TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Sugar Land approves $1.8M for sidewalk concerns
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REPAIR REQUESTS Sugar Land has allocated $2.8 million to target sidewalk improvements throughout the city. The map below shows areas where service requests have not been completed.
With the help of federal COVID-19 relief funding, the city of Sugar Land is aiming to tackle a backlog of sidewalk complaints in the city’s south and southeast territory. “Ideally, our service level for the city of Sugar Land is a 90-day service level,” Assistant Director of Public Works Herc Meier said. “We are currently down to a 14- [to] 20-month service level.” The city previously responded to requests in 18 to 24 months, Meier explained. Annually, the city receives approx- imately 800 service requests, which the city has fallen behind on addressing in recent years due to a slowdown in productivity as well as resources. To address the high number of service requests and chal- lenges with service levels, $2.8 million has been allocated for sidewalk improvements around the city. Of that number, $1.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding was approved at the March 21 City Council meeting, while an additional one-time $400,000 contract and a recurring $625,000 ve-year annual contract were approved prior to the March 21 meeting. The city is working with two contractors to target some 752 sidewalk service requests across the city, although most are located in the New Territory and Greatwood subdivi- sions, Meier said. Both areas were annexed into Sugar Land in 2017.
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FM 1092 resurfacing The Texas Department of Transpor- tation’s resurfacing project along FM 1092 between Hwy. 59 and Hwy. 6 is expected to be completed by late spring or early summer, TxDOT Public Information O cer Kristina Hadley said via email. Guardrail, sidewalk and signal work is still needed to complete the project. Timeline: November 2022-late spring,
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early summer 2023 Cost: $4.2 million Funding source: TxDOT
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MARCH 28. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SLMNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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SOURCE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND COMMUNITY IMPACT
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