Government
BY RACHEL LELAND
Pearland funds sidewalk improvement study Pearland City Council voted unanimously at its May 18 meeting to award a $164,000 contract to national consulting company STV Inc. to conduct a sidewalk feasibility study. What happened
Friendswood Parkway to extend Friendswood City Council voted unan- imously at its May 4 meeting to enter an interlocal agreement with Galveston County to secure $6 million in funding for the Friend- swood Parkway expansion. What you need to know The expansion involved building 2,100 feet of two lanes of roadway connecting West Park- wood Avenue to Wilderness Trail, as well as storm sewer infrastructure and a bridge over Chigger Creek, according to city documents.
require more extensive engineering evaluations, according to city documents. Repairing these more challenging gaps means navigating open drainage ditches, limited right-of-way space, utility conflicts and strict accessibility requirements that standard con- struction methods can’t address, according to city documents.
Since 2024, the city has replaced over 13 miles of sidewalks and completed the first round of standard repairs. The remaining sidewalk gaps
Sidewalks
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Pearland enters agreement with Brazoria County to fund traffic signal improvements Pearland City Council voted at its May 18 meet- ing to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Brazoria County Toll Road Authority, or BCTRA, to fund traffic signals at the Hughes Ranch Road and Smith Ranch Road intersection and SH 288. The details Pearland will recover a substantial portion of the maintenance and operating costs from BCTRA, which will pay all of the maintenance costs for the SH 288 Toll Road T-Ramp signal. For the second signal, costs will be split, with the city paying 75% and BCTRA paying 25%. BCTRA will also handle the costs of electrical service and software updates. By bringing the BCTRA-owned signals under the Pearland’s operational control, the city will be able to sync their timing with other local traffic signals. 288 SMITH RANCH RD. N Traffic signal improvements
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