Bay Area Edition | February 2026

Transportation

BY HALEY VELASCO

Upcoming project

Ongoing project

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League City Parkway and Walker Street intersection improvements Project: Intersection improvements along the intersection includes a redesign to add additional lanes and adjust drainage. Update: Permitting from the Texas Department of Transportation is pending. • Timeline: bidding to now come in later 2026 • Cost: $2.1M • Funding source: Galveston County’s 2018 bond

Reconstruction of Butler Road and Turner Street

FM 518 at County Lane intersection improvements Project: The project includes replacing the area’s span wire traffic signals with signals on poles, as well as improving the pedestrian crossing bridge and making the area’s signals more resilient to storms. Update: The project was awarded in August 2025. • Timeline: contract calls for 320 days to complete with work expected to wrap in the fall due to long wait on signal equipment • Cost: $504,000 • Funding source: city’s reinvestment fund

Project: The project is being carried out in two phases and involves roadway improvements and reconstructing the asphalt roadway, as well as waterline work. Update: Work is currently ongoing. • Timeline: project expected to be done by end of October • Cost: $6.12M • Funding source: city’s reinvestment fund

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Elect: George Brian Vachris to State Board of Education District 8 Licensed Engineer, Former Teacher in Houston ISD, taught at a Title 1 School for 9 years. Dedicated to improving: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) Curricula. Familiar with the Texas Education Agency Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Course Framework. He successfully testified against a bad proposed engineering course to have it rewritten and redesignated, in November 2024. He testified at a Texas State Senate Committee against the use of incorrect pronoun designations and transgender transitions. This should have no place in our public schools. Patriotism and the benefits of free market economies versus socialist and communist economies must be taught. By Law, SB 24 requires that the State incorporate the teaching of the evils of communist regimes, the mass starvations, the terror under Stalin and Mao, the rise of communism in Latin America, etc. The provisions of the law must be incorporated into the TEKS for chapter 113 (social studies). This law is NOT on the list of new requirements on the TEA website! Why? He will pay attention to details and work to adjust the TEKS. Part of his testimony is shown below. He has 4 degrees in various fields, helped write the Republican Platform.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT IS TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT SENATE BILL 24 REQUIRES THE STATE TO TEACH THE DANGERS AND CRIMES OF COMMUNIST REGIMES…THE KEY TO ADOPTING SB 24 INTO THE CURRICULUM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE TEKS FOR THE …REQUIRED COURSES… [Part of his Testimony Before S.B.O.E. Nov. 19, 2025]

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