Development
Transportation
BY RACHEL LELAND
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
Harris County o cials on Feb. 11 broke ground on a new $5 million project at Challenger 7 Memo- rial Park in League City. The full story The project, according to county documents, will take place in three di erent areas: • Boardwalk area , which will include replacing the current boardwalk with a new, improved one • Trailhead and boat ramp area , which will include installing a new trailhead and repurpos- ing the existing boat ramp • Playground , which will include renovating the current playground with new equipment Diving in deeper The cost for the project totals $5.3 million, Challenger 7 park to get $5M revamp
FM 518 intersection to undergo improvements League City City Council approved Feb. 25 mov- ing forward with improvements at the intersection of FM 518 and Bay Area Boulevard. What you need to know City Council voted unanimously to award around $149,000 to Houston-based EHRA Engi- neering for the design, bidding and construction services for intersection improvements at Bay Area Boulevard and FM 518. Documents from the city’s capital improvement plan show the project will consist of adding a long southbound right-turn lane and extending the northbound left-turn lane. The new southbound lane will also involve relocating a signage pole. The agreement with EHRA will go into e ect on March 3, according to agenda documents. City documents show the project will run around $628,000 but does not provide a timeline.
City lowers school zone speed limit League City City Council voted Feb. 25 to establish a lower speed limit for a school zone near Clear Creek High School. The full story The speed limit on FM 518 from roughly St. Christopher Avenue to Louisiana Avenue will be lowered to 25 miles per hour when the speed limit sign light ashes—down from 30 mph. The new speed limit will go into e ect as soon as the sign is installed.
Existing trail New trail and drainage improvements A look at Challenger 7 Memorial park
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Also of note At the same meeting, City Council approved Longfellow Drive as the name for a future road on the city’s west side, documents show. That future road is expected to connect Ervin Street and Muldoon Parkway and is one of many new roads slated to be built out on the city’s developing west side. The street was originally identi ed as Emerson Drive in the city’s 2024 mobility plan.
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which will be paid for by the county with the help of a $1.5 million grant from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Alonzo Guadarrama, special projects specialist for Harris County Precinct 2, said in a Feb. 11 email. The rest, $3.8 million, will come from the county. O cials expect construction to begin in the rst quarter of 2025 and take about a year to complete, county documents show.
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A new trailhead is among the many upgrades coming to Challenger 7 Memorial Park.
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