Transportation
BY SHAWN ARRAJJ
Work continues on Hempstead Road
Zooming in
Most of the remaining roadway work is at the underpass, Flores said. Work is now slated to be completed by the end of 2024, he said. In addition to widening the road, the project entails: • Grading, excavation and embankment work • Sidewalks and curb ramps • Storm sewer and culverts • Signals at the intersections of 12th and 11th streets • Three replacement underpass structures at the Union Pacific Railroad intersection • Rail lines connecting to the tracks at the underpass structures • A pump station to pump water out from the underpass during heavy rain events
Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation said a long-running Hempstead Road project is now on track to be finished by the end of 2024. TxDOT began work on the $58.9 million project in 2018, which will widen a section of Hempstead from four to six lanes. Completion was once slated for early 2022. “It is typical to encounter challenges and delays with projects of this magnitude, particularly when considering the coordination of plans relative to working in the vicinity of railroads where utilities need to be relocated,” TxDOT Public Information Office Leo Flores said. The delays have been frustrating for business owners and residents in the area. Kent Edwards, owner of the repair shop Motorcars Limited at 8101 Hempstead Road, said access to his business has been
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limited since February 2023, impairing his ability to sell the property. Cottage Grove resident Katie Niemann said 18-wheeler trucks often get rerouted through her neighborhood during construction, badly damaging streets. “It’s a parade of 18-wheelers, bumper to bumper traffic, down the middle of our neighborhood,” she said. “It’s really damaged a lot of the infrastructure and it’s really unsafe.”
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