TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES TomRamsey talks redistricting, priorities for Harris County’s newPrecinct 3
ONGOING PROJECTS
BY HANNAH ZEDAKER
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INCREASING OPERATIONS
Maintaining county roadways and parks are among Harris County Pre- cinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey’s top priorities for his new jurisdiction, which will span from Cypress to Humble, beginning March 31. Following the results of the 2020 decennial census, Harris County commissioners selected a new boundary map for the county’s four commissioner precincts, which drastically ips Precincts 3 and 4. “Despite the numerous challenges ahead, we will work together closely to make this transition as smooth as possible for all our constituents,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle wrote in a Jan. 27 email. To prepare for the transition, Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said precincts 3 and 4 stas have been meeting on a daily basis to ensure no projects fall through the cracks. Ramsey said his sta is in the process of moving into three new road camps throughout the new Precinct 3, which will include the
Harris County’s new commissioner Precinct 3 has 60% more lane miles and ve more parks to maintain than the old Precinct 3.
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NEW PRECINCT 3
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Population: 1.05M
County lane miles: 3,750
County parks: 63
Population: 1.18M
County lane miles: 6,000
County parks: 68
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF FEB. 17. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT LHKNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. feedback, visit www.txdot.gov. Timeline: fall 2022-spring 2024 Cost: $3.6 million Funding sources: state and federal FM 1314 safety improvements The Texas Department of Transportation will be collecting community input until Feb. 28 on a proposed project that would replace the existing center turn lane on FM 1314 with a raised median between Ferne Drive and South Loop 494. The project is expected to go out for bids this summer and will take an estimated 1.5 years to complete once construction begins. To submit
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relocation of about 100 sta members and 40 dump trucks. “[Our] commitment ... is that we don’t disrupt transportation proj- ects; we maintain those that have already begun so we can complete construction,” Ramsey said. “There’s a really good [chance] that anything I proposed in [old Precinct] 3, Cagle’s going to do and anything Cagle
proposed in [old Precinct] 4, I’m going to do.” Ramsey said his new precinct includes 6,000 lane miles and 68 parks—up from 3,750 lane miles and 63 parks in his former precinct. “We’re ready for the challenge,” he said. “Are we going to have to get more equipment ... [and] hire more people? Absolutely. That’s underway.”
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