TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Construction on West Alabama nears completion
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UPCOMING PROJECT
KIPLING ST. PAVING THE WAY A project to improve West Alabama Street in River Oaks was updated in 2023 to include work on several side streets. Phase 1 Timmons Lane Timeline: summer 2023 Phase 2 Saint Street Status: summer 2023 Phase 3 Kipling and Joanel streets Status: summer 2023 E R
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Work is expected to wrap up by the end of the summer on a $14.6 million road improvement project along West Alabama Street in River Oaks, work that also includes improving Tim- mons Lane and Joanel, Kipling and Saints streets. The details: Work includes the construction of concrete paving with storm drainage infrastructure, bike lanes on West Alabama, curbs, side- walks, driveways, street lighting and underground utilities. Base roadway materials will be replaced depending on the street condition. The action taken: Construction on the four side streets was not part of the initial plan but was added to the workload after residents in the area lobbied for inclusion, said Abbie
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF JULY 6. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT HRMNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. direction, through the removal of one car lane in each direction. Awards will be granted by TxDOT in October. Timeline: TBD Cost: TBD Funding source: TBD Waugh Drive bike lane Officials with the Montrose Tax Incre- ment Reinvestment Zone announced in May intentions to seek state fund- ing for a project that would add bike lanes to Waugh Drive between West Dallas Street and Allen Parkway. The TIRZ is seeking funding through the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2023 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program. The project would add two protected and dedicated on-street bike lanes, one in each
Alabama Street Status: to be completed by end of summer 2023
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SOURCE: HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Kamin, District C Houston City Coun- cil member. Kamin worked with the Houston Public Works Department to bring the side streets into the project scope using funds from her office’s budget. What happens next: Work on side streets has been separated into three
phases, though city officials did not provide timelines for each phase beyond work being completed on all three of them over the course of the summer. Construction began in mid-June on the first phase targeting Timmons and Saints streets. Work on West Alabama is also slated to wrap up by the end of summer.
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