TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES Memorial Heights road project begins inMarch
UPCOMING PROJECTS
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Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6
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A Memorial Heights paving and drainage project will be separated into six phases that will run through fall 2023.
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and Hicks streets as well as the entirety of High Street. Phase 3 will begin in the fall; Phase 4 will begin in early 2023; Phase 5 will start in spring 2023; and Phase 6 will start in summer 2023. “During construction there will be inconve- niences, ... but we have a rock-solid team,” Assistant Director of Capital Projects Juan Chavira said at the March 3 meeting. Public works o cials said the goal for the project is to improve tra c circulation and water drainage. Road repaving work includes 6-foot-wide sidewalks on either side of the proposed 24-foot-wide
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Phase 1 of a paving and drainage project in the Memorial Heights area began in March. During a virtual public engagement meeting March 3, o cials with the Houston Public Works Department went over plans for the 20-month, six-phase project. The rst phase of work will take place on Second Street between Heights Boulevard and Harvard Street as well as Honsinger Street, most of Wagner Street and East Street north of Honsinger. Phase 2 is scheduled to begin in the summer and will cover sections of East, Harvard
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Inner Katy bus rapid transit The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County approved a preferred route March 24 for a dedicated bus rapid transit line along I-10 from the Northwest Transit Center to down- town Houston. Stations will be at A Memorial Park, B Shepherd Drive and C Studemont Street. Timeline: late 2023-27 Cost: $450 million Funding sources: Houston-Galveston Area Council, METRO
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ONGOING PROJECTS
Timeline: March 2022- fall 2023 Cost: $14.5 million Funding source: city of Houston
streets that will feature two lanes. Residents are encouraged to remove items in the right of way before construction crews begin work.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner nominates newMETROboard chair After almost seven years of service as a Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County board member, BY SIERRA ROZEN after serving as a board member from 2010-13 and was the rst woman to be selected for the position. Patman stepped down after being
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MARCH 30. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT HRMNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. Greenway Trail. Dubbed the MKT Spur Connector, the project entails the cre- ation of a 10-foot-wide concrete path. Timeline: November-spring 2022 Cost: $1.1 million Funding source: city of Houston MKT Spur Connector Work is expected to wrap up this spring on a project connecting the MKT Trail to the White Oak Bayou
Ramabhadran will be the rst Indo American to serve as the board chair for METRO, accord- ing to a Feb. 24 news release. “It is an honor of a lifetime to serve the city of
Sanjay Ramabhadran was appointed as the new board chair for the public transportation agency Feb. 24. Previous board Chair Carrin Patman had her o cial last day Feb. 24 during the monthly board meet- ing. Patman was appointed in 2016 by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
nominated to serve as an ambassador to Iceland by President Joe Biden’s administration. “It’s been the profoundest of honors to have this role and to lead an agency with such quali ed and dedicated people,” Patman said at the board meeting.
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Houston and the entire region,” Ram- abhadran said in the news release.
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