Bay Area Edition | January 2022

Updates on key transportation projects

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League City to target projects from2019 road bond this year

1 Grissom Road reconstruction 2 League City Parkway trac signals MOBILITY EFFORTS Two bond projects will take place this year.

late 2022. Additionally, the city will also continue acquiring land this year for the North Landing Boulevard extension project, which is also a bond project. The $66.4 million project, which is expected to break ground in 2023, will extend Landing Boulevard to the north at its end at FM 518 and connect it to the I-45 frontage road. Two bridges are included in this project, including one which will go over Clear Creek, as well as bicycle and pedestrian accommodations. The project is a partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, which will serve as the manager of the project due to its use of $35.1 million in federal dollars; League City is paying for $31.3 million of the project.

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lanes to a four-lane divided road- way. The $11.2 million project will wrap up in the rst quarter of 2023, city ocials said. League City is also installing trac signals and making turn lane upgrades at League City Parkway intersections. Improvements at Brittany Lakes Drive and Fennigan Lane were completed in December, city sta said. Meanwhile, work on the Landing Boulevard and Magnolia Meadow Lane signals will begin in early 2022, and work on the West Bay Area Boulevard signal will begin in

The city of League City will make headway this year on two projects to improve the city’s mobility: the Grissom Road reconstruction and trac signal improvements to League City Parkway. Both projects are part of the city’s $72 million bond proposition passed by voters in May 2019, which included 10 mobility projects. League City will break ground this spring on the reconstruction of Grissom Road, which will be widened between Abigail Lane and West NASA Boulevard from two

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SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

Portions of I45widening in League City set to nish

ROADWIDENING Five projects to widen I-45 between NASA Parkway and the Texas City Wye are ongoing. Two in the League City area will open this year. 1 NASA Parkway to FM518 Completion date: late 2022

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frontage road bridges over Clear Creek. Additionally, the segment between FM 518 to FM 517 is set to nish this summer instead of early 2022. Perez said the ongoing projects will likely aect commuters and local residents, but community members can get closure information on TxDOT’s social media pages and at www.houstontranstar.org. “We understand that road work can impact communities, and we always work to minimize those impacts,” he said. “We sincerely appreciate the public’s patience and thank them for working with us during construction.” League City City Manager John Baumgartner said in an emailed statement that city ocials are excited for construction to nish. “The completion of the I-45 widening project is really going to make big dierence when it comes to congestion in and around League City,” he said.

The Texas Department of Transportation will continue widening I-45 between NASA Parkway and the Texas City Wye this year, an eort that was broken into ve projects totaling about $720 million. Two segments near League City will nish this year but have a later timeline than TxDOT estimated this fall. TxDOT Public Information Ocer Danny Perez said via email this is due to material shortages and inclement weather; however, he said the projects are still within the contract time and are not delayed. The NASA Parkway to FM 518 project is set to nish in late 2022 instead of mid-2022, as TxDOT ocials estimated last fall. The $99.2 million project will widen the main lanes from six to 10 lanes, including a high-occupancy vehicle lane in both directions, as well as lengthening the northbound and southbound

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Cost: $99.2 million 2 FM 518 to FM 517 Completion date: mid-2022 Cost: $121.7 million

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SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

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“We are excited about this phase of the project wrapping up in our area and can see a light at the end of tunnel.” Construction on the other three I-45 widening projects—FM 517 to FM 1764, FM 1764 to FM 519 and FM 519 to the Texas City Wye—will last until at least 2026, TxDOT ocials previously said.

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