TRANSPORTATION UPDATES League City Parkways intersection improvements near completion
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UPCOMING PROJECTS
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
Three major intersection projects along League City Park- way are complete or expected to wrap up this summer. The intersections received tra c signals and various turn lanes.
Improvements to major intersec- tions along League City Parkway are set to be completed this summer. Traditionally, Landing Boulevard, Magnolia Meadow Lane and Bay Area Boulevard have intersected with League City Parkway with four-way stop signs. These are being replaced with tra c signals to reduce tra c delays and prepare for the city’s future growth, city o cials said. While existing tra c counts don’t necessarily require the city to replace the stop signs with tra c signals, League City is growing, as is its tra c, Project Manager Susan Oyler said. With the Grand Parkway coming in eventually, city o cials want to be “forward thinking,” which is why the city is upgrading the intersections now, she said. “We have limited east-west corridors for tra c, so we know League City Parkway will become a pretty heavily used thoroughfare,” she said. Despite tra c counts not being as heavy now as they will be, residents will still see an immediate bene t with the signals, said Ron Bavarian, executive director of capital projects. “We have had residents really complain about the four-way stops becoming very chaotic [during] … evening hours. … The signals … are going to control the ow of tra c much, much better than a four-way stop,” he said. Besides the tra c signals, the intersections are getting various turn signals to help tra c ow smoother. Each intersection’s turn lanes were designed independently
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LANDING BLVD.
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Bay Area Boulevard Project nishes June 2023
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League City Parkway right-turn lane An extended eastbound right-turn lane for League City Parkway is under design. The turn lane will begin about 450 feet west of Butler Road and tie into the existing right-turn lane at I-45. Timeline: construction begins in 2023 Cost: $1.5 million Funding sources: Galveston County, city of League City
MAGNOLIA MEADOW LN.
Landing Boulevard Project nished May 2023
Total cost: $1.7 million
Magnolia Meadow Lane Project nished April 2023
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based on the intersections’ needs, o cials said. “Each intersection had its own unique design,” Bavarian said. Finally, the project also includes improvements to the Gilmore Ele- mentary School driveway opposite Magnolia Meadow Lane. The way the driveway was origi- nally constructed, vehicles entering and exiting the school’s property used the same road, leading to congestion. The upgraded driveway has two lanes in each direction along with a turn lane from the driveway onto League City Parkway, Oyler said. O cials will wait until school is out before activating the signals at Magnolia so as to not disrupt the established ow of tra c right at the end of the school year, she said. In the fall, the signals will be activated. Intersection work at Landing has also been completed, and the inter- section work at Bay Area Boulevard
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MAY 2. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT BAYNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. Boulevard to I-45 and alleviate FM 518 tra c. Sidewalks, a median, a round- about and two bridges are included in this project. The extension was 100% designed as of January. Timeline: bidding in 2023 Cost: $49.5 million Funding sources : federal govern- ment, city of League City North Landing Boulevard extension About 1.7 miles of a four-lane road will be constructed to connect Landing
Crews are upgrading three intersections along League City Parkway.
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is scheduled to wrap up by June, o cials said. Overall, the project cost $1.7 million. It began in June 2022 but will take until this summer to complete due to supply chain issues, o cials said. In the past, it would take 14 to 16 weeks to order and install new tra c signals, but now it can take up to a year, Bavarian said.
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