TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES Sugar Land’smobility plan progresses
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ALOOKFORWARD In 2022 and early 2023, the city of Sugar Land will continue to work with Tra c Engineers Inc., a transportation planning and tra c engineering contractor, in Phase 2 of creating its mobility master plan.
Sugar Land City Council unani- mously authorized a contract with Houston-based Tra c Engineers Inc. that will move the city forward into the second phase of its ongoing e orts to craft a mobility master plan. With the approval of its nearly $208,000 contract at a Jan. 18 City Council meeting, TEI, which has worked with the city for more than a year to complete Phase 1 of the mobil- ity plan, will look to perform several roles over the next several months and beyond, according to city documents. TEI and the city will continue to tackle the mobility master plan, which provides a framework for the city of Sugar Land that focuses on moving people and goods; provides residents, visitors and tourists with multiple transportation options to choose from; provides citywide guidance for all modes of transportation; and creates a separate planning process to focus on speci c areas and programs. The newmaster plan will also combine existing mobility plans. “What we’re doing is taking our
existing mobility plans—the PedBike Master Plan, the Master Thoroughfare Plan, and Comprehensive Mobility Plan—and integrating them into one plan that is going to focus on all of those modes,” said Monique Johnson, the city’s transportation and mobility innovation manager, at the meeting. During Phase 2, besides providing a framework for the city to implement the goals set in the mobility plan, TEI will complete the city’s Trans- formative Mobility Network, a map identifying the priority corridors over the next decade—including major roadways, arterials and local routes the city maintains and manages, Johnson said. TEI completed a draft of that network during the rst phase of the project and will work alongside Sugar Land stakeholders, such as the citizen Mobility Task Force, the Texas Department of Transportation, Union Paci c Railroad Corp. and the public. As part of Phase 2, TEI will continue to help manage stakeholder engage- ment sessions through April, a late summer Mobility Summit public event
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF JAN. 27. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SLMNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. Hwy. 59 landscape development A contractor is continuing a land- scape enhancement project along an 8.3-mile section of Hwy. 59 from Brazos Canyon Drive to Wright Road, Texas Department of Transportation o cials con rmed. Enhancements include removing and replacing dead vegetation. The new plants will be native, hardy and maintenance-friend- ly. The new landscape is designed to mitigate noise pollution, Sugar Land o cials said. Cities like Sugar Land are partnering with TxDOT’s Green Ribbon Program for the updates. The city pays for the design and maintenance, while TxDOT pays for the installation. Timeline: November 2021-June 2022 Cost: $1.1 million (estimated) Funding source: TxDOT Green Ribbon program
Jan. 18, 2022: TEI professional services contract approved for $207,815
February-April 2022: TEI and the city of Sugar Land meet with stakeholders
Summer 2022: Mobility Summit public event
Fall 2022: Joint Planning and Zoning Commission-City Council workshop
Late 2022: Draft plan ready for public comment
Early 2023: Mobility Master Plan adoption process
SOURCE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
and a fall workshop. By late 2022, the goal is to have a draft plan ready for public comment, she said.
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