Transportation
BY KEVIN VU
Residents frustrated by lack of engagement on road projects
Houston is removing a raised crosswalk in Montrose and repaving the Washington Avenue Corridor to help reduce traffic, city officials said. What we know The raised crosswalk on Westheimer Road and Crocker Street in Montrose was installed in 2023. However, the raised crosswalk is being removed because it could disrupt traffic flow, said Marlene Gafrick, senior adviser for planning and mobility. However, Kevin Strickland, founder of Walk and Roll Houston, created a petition in March calling on city officials to leave the crosswalk as is and expressed the community’s frustration with the lack of engagement on the project. Gafrick said the city plans on installing a road- level crosswalk with pedestrian-activated beacons and LED lights that run parallel to the crosswalk. However, Houston Public Works did not respond to a request for project cost and timeline.
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by the sudden repavement, especially when the Houston-Galveston Area Council plans on releas- ing its findings for a study that would develop a corridor mobility plan for the avenue. City officials said the repavement won’t influence the results or impede the HGAC study. However, no completion date for repavement was available by press time.
What else? The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County started paving Washington Avenue in early April as part of a larger $24 million project to repave roads in Houston. Communications Director for LINK Houston Nick Arcos said residents were caught off guard
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