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Grissom Road widening nears completion On July 23, League City will o cially complete its Grissom Road expansion project, which will widen 5,600 feet of an existing two-lane rural open ditch roadway to a four- lane divided urban roadway from Abigail Lane to West NASA Road. In League City’s 2018 Master Mobility Plan, which the city updates every ve years, it was projected that in 15-20 years, tra c on the road would reach 15,000 cars per day, a much heavier tra c ow than the two-lane road could accommodate. “Anytime you have a lot of tra c on a two-lane roadway, it is wise to start looking at four-lane divid- ers,” Executive Director of Capital Projects Ron Bavarian said. “I think when it’s nished up, it can handle the future tra c. It will be de nitely helpful for the through tra c as well as the local tra c.” The city completed preliminary environmental studies to determine the best type of road for the project. “We could have gone to a four- lane undivided roadway, and it would have survived,” Bavarian said. “But a four-lane divided roadway with medians actually looks nicer and it’s a much safer roadway facility.” Once completed, the road will provide an 8-foot pedestrian side- walk, as well as drainage mitigation required for increased runo .
ONGOING PROJECTS
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League City Parkway intersection improvements League City is wrapping up a tra c sys- tems improvement project to reduce tra c delays on League City Parkway and prepare for the future growth of tra c in the area. The project will signalize the all-way stop-controlled intersections at Landing Boulevard and Bay Area Boulevard and will add right-turn lanes at some of the intersections. The project also includes improvements to Gilmore Elementary’s driveway to improve tra c. Timeline: third quarter 2020-July 2023 Cost: $1.9 million Funding source: city of League City
The Grissom Road project was nearing completion in early June.
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In addition to providing better mobility for drivers and foot tra c, Bavarian also said the project greatly improves drainage. “We also went from open ditch drainage facility to underground, which is much more reliable,” Bavarian said. This project will also include approximately 5,000 feet of 12-inch waterline from the North Service Area booster station to West NASA Road. Drivers are able to use the two completed lanes, but once the project is completed, drivers will be able to use all four lanes, Bavarian said. The original timeline for the proj- ect, which began in 2019, expected construction to begin in 2021 and wrap up in 2022. However, Project Manager Jaimie Dino said due to necessary relocations of existing utility poles along Grissom Road and weather delays, construction was moved to nish in 2023. “It was mostly due to the [con- struction crew] needing to extend their contract due to existing utility con icts,” Dino said.
PROJECT BOUNDARIES The Grissom Road widening project, which will expand the road to four lanes, runs from Abigail Lane to West NASA road.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF JUNE 6. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT BAYNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. peak travel times. Additional left- and right-turn lanes will be added throughout the intersection. Timeline: January-July Cost: $1.65 million Funding source: Galveston County Hwy. 3 and League City Parkway intersection improvements Contractors are adding more turn lanes at Hwy. 3 and League City Parkway to improve tra c ow during
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Funding for the project comes primarily from a $9.3 million general obligation bond. In addition to the GO bond, the city will also pull funding from city reinvestments and utility funds, which will cover the waterline and sewer replacement portion of the project.
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