Transportation
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
FM 1774 lighting project to be completed by September
What else?
The project costs $545,176, with 90% of the construction cost funded by the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program, a federal program aimed at reduction in tra c fatalities and serious injuries on public roads, Flores said. TxDOT is matching 10% of the cost, which is $54,518. “Our crew is ahead of schedule,” Flores said. “The crew will be installing the last few light poles and are waiting on service power from CenterPoint, which is a process that can take a few months.”
other factors. The number of crashes alone is not the sole determinant,” Flores said. “A formula is used to determine whether a project meets the criteria to receive funding and to determine what kind of safety improvement might lessen the incidence of serious injury crashes. This project met the [funding] criteria.” There were 250 crashes on FM 1774 between FM 1488 and FM 149 between 2019-23, according to TxDOT’s Crash Records Information System.
A Texas Department of Transportation project to install 192 streetlights along a 5.05-mile stretch of FM 1774 between FM 1488 and FM 149 is anticipated to be completed in September, Public Information O cer Leo Flores said via email. Construction began in April and is around 98% complete. “This project falls under the Highway Safety Improvement Program, which creates a Safety Improvement Index based on crash data and
FM 1774 crashes between FM 1488 and FM 149
Crashes in daylight Crashes in dark, lighted Crashes in dark,
80
64
Along FM 1774, 192 streetlights are being installed.
1 3
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60
8
50
13
not lighted Crashes at dawn Crashes at dusk
1
43 9
35 8 6
41
5
37
1488
2 3
40
40
249
4
4
2
32
31
Total number of crashes
20
149
1774
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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