Transportation
BY ANNA LOTZ
Road work ongoing throughout Bryan, College Station
For Bryan, work to reconstruct Leonard Road and Groesbeck Street is slated to begin this summer. Work is also expected to start on Old Reliance Road, which will include widening the road, in 2027.
reconstruction, are ongoing. In College Station, road work along Lincoln Avenue is slated to wrap up in late June, officials confirmed April 23.
Road work is continuing along several different corridors in both Bryan and College Station. In addition to the $671 million Hwy. 6 project, also known as the “Big 6,” several traffic signal updates, as well as road widenings or general
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1 Leonard Road, Groesbeck Street widening Details: This project will include wider concrete streets, drainage improvements, a sidewalk and a shared-use path. Work is expected to begin in the summer and take a year. • Cost: $655,700 (design), $8.9 million (construction) • Funding sources: city general fund, federal funds 2 Old Reliance Road widening Details: The project will include a 10-foot shared-use path on one side of the road to provide bicycle and pedestrian access to Rudder High School. Work is planned to start in 2027. • Cost: $9.8 million • Funding sources: $4.6 million (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), $5.2 million (fiscal year 2024 bonds) 3 Rock Prairie Road widening Details: The project is in design and estimated to begin in 2027. It is scheduled to wrap up in 2029. • Cost: $26.6 million • Funding source: city of College Station 2022 bond funds 4 Lincoln Avenue reconstruction Details: The project will reconstruct the road and add several new features. Work is slated to wrap up in late June. • Cost: $12.28 million • Funding sources: certificates of obligation, utility revenue 5 State Highway 6 Details: The multi-year project is slated to wrap up around 2030. • Cost: $671 million • Funding sources: state and local entities Ongoing projects
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AUSTINS COLONY PKWY.
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