TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Paving, infrastructure repairs coming to four Katy streets
COMPILED BY ASIA ARMOUR
ONGOING PROJECTS
At a March 27 City Council meeting, Katy o cials approved $48,980 for the design portion of four minor street repair projects around the city. In total, the cost estimate for the four projects is $377,867. Brookline Road repairs The city will make small pavement repairs to Brookline Road, a two-lane deteriorating concrete street, per city documents. City engineers predict replacing the project will improve two-way tra c. Morton Road asphalt repairs This project will see asphalt repairs to Morton Road west of Bu alo Bayou bridge, adding new paving before construction begins on the Morton Road widen- ing between Pitts and Katy Hockley roads in fall 2024. McAllister Road culvert repair This project will replace a pair of existing 24-inch reinforced concrete culvert pipes that cross the road east of Tubular Drive. Spring Green Boulevard at FM 1463 ARKK Engineers said Spring Green Boulevard has cracks and potholes in the northbound travel lanes near FM 1463. Repairs will replace portions of the asphalt with reinforced concrete.
2023 STREET REPAIRS
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These four minor projects approved by the city of Katy will be packaged with larger projects throughout the city 1 Brookline Road repairs Timeline: TBD-October 2023 Cost: $69,000 2 Morton Road asphalt repairs Timeline: TBD-October 2023 Cost: $103,270 3 McAllister Road culvert repair Timeline: TBD-October 2023 Cost: $55,430 4 Spring Green Boulevard at FM 1463 Timeline: TBD-October 2023 Cost: $150,167
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Grand Parkway frontage roads Fort Bend County dedicated $20 million on March 14 for a segment of a Grand Parkway frontage road, northbound from Westheimer Parkway to Cinco Ranch Boulevard. TxDOT is managing the construction of the project and ultimately will dedicate $900 million for the entire construction of frontage roads and Grand Parkway widening. Timeline: early 2025-TBD Cost: $20 million Funding source: 2017 mobility bond
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SOURCES: CITY OF KATY, ARKK ENGINEERS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF APRIL 19. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT KTYNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. median cuts and drainage inlets. To ensure safety of children entering and exiting from buses, the project includes a tra c signal at the Franz Road inter- section with painted crosswalks and a protected pedestrian signal. Timeline: October 2023- November 2023 Cost: $2.16 million Funding source: Katy Development Authority metro funds Cane Island Parkway extension This project will add two lanes along Cane Island Parkway from Franz Road to Swift Way, with associated turn lanes,
Fort Bend County seeks $450K grant to improve public transit Fort Bend County hopes to collaborate with U.S. Rep. Lizzie automatic passenger counters, Wi-Fi, passenger noti cations, and IT training and support.
Fletcher, D Houston, on a signi cant investment to upgrade the county’s public transportation system. At an April 11 meeting, commis- sioners committed a $90,000 local match to a $450,000 grant for an updated scheduling and dispatching system for Fort Bend Transit in support of the grant application. The grant would provide vehicle tracking,
According to project documents from Pamela LeBlane, public trans- portation nance and administration manager, the public transit system provides over 400,000 trips annually. The system was last updated in 2008, and “lacks e ciency, reliability and speed of current technology,” per project documents.
Fort Bend Transit’s scheduling system was last updated in 2008.
COURTESY FORT BEND TRANSIT
If the county is selected for the award, documents state the upgrades will be implemented between Janu- ary 2024 and August 2024.
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KATY EDITION • APRIL 2023
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