Transportation
BY MELISSA ENAJE
Precinct 3 requests sidewalk input
The impact
Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey issued an open call request in July for stakeholders interested in developing new sidewalks to enhance pedestrian safety and connectivity. The request includes collaboration opportunities with municipal utility districts, public utility districts, water districts and cities as well as school districts in Precinct 3. Applications are due Sept. 5, and approved sidewalk projects will be funded by both the county and participating partners, o cials said. Precinct 3 o cials said their goal is to complete construction of all awarded projects by the fourth quarter of 2026. More information can be given by the Precinct 3 tra c team, accessible by its email at pct3engtra c@pct3.hctx.net.
Sidewalk proposals The Harris County Precinct 3 commissioner’s oce already has sidewalk plans on four roads: • Dakar Drive • Humeister Road • Matzke Park • Telge Road
A scoring rubric framework will be used to rank approved projects that are based on weighted criteria including high-pedestrian factors, safety concerns, enhancements, feasibility and partnerships. An average of 13% of students either walk or bike to school in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Jeremy Eugene is a special education teacher at Cy-Fair ISD who said he knows rsthand the need for a proper sidewalk at his high school since he walks to work. “There’s not a sidewalk for a good stretch of the the actual walkway,” Eugene said. “It takes like just seven minutes to walk to school. But half of that, there isn’t a sidewalk.”
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE COMMUNITY IMPACT
“This will provide our engineers with known high-pedestrian locations
to evaluate and ensure sidewalks lead to safe roadway intersection crossings.”
TOM RAMSEY, HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER
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