Transportation
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
FM 518 work in Pearland years away
The context
information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation. As of May, the design phase for the project on the east side is 60% complete, Perez said. Meanwhile, the west side of FM 518 is further along, with the design phase expected to be at 90% by August and done by March next year, Perez said.
Work to widen and reconstruct a roughly 5.5- mile stretch of FM 518 in Pearland is coming, but officials said construction likely won’t begin until 2026. The construction will take place along two different segments of the road in Pearland: a 3-mile stretch on the east side, and a 2.4-mile stretch on the west side, both of which are in the design phase, said Danny Perez, public
Perez said the project has not seen an official delay and described the timeline as “fluid.” When getting set to do projects like this, things such as utility lines and obtaining the right of way can take quite a while, he said. This is compounded by the fact that the companies that own the utility lines in a particular area often move at their own pace in terms of relocating or clearing them, Perez said. The east portion could be bid out toward the beginning of 2027, while the western portion could go out for bid by June 2026, Perez said. The 5.5-mile stretch in total will run $127 million and will be covered by an 80% and 20% split of federal and state funding, respectively, Perez said.
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