Bay Area Edition | July 2025

BY JAMES T. NORMAN

Update: City Council approved the project’s design con- tract in February, with the plan 30% reviewed as of May. • Timeline: bidding to come in 2026 and construction to start in 2027 • Cost: $500,000 • Funding source: city’s capital project funds 4 TxDOT intersection improvements Project: Intersections on the docket include A Hwy. 96 and FM 270, B Hwy. 96 and Columbia Memorial Parkway. The project will include work to extend turn lanes and rebuild traffic signals. Update: design contract approved in May • Timeline: bidding to come in 2026 and construction to start in 2027 • Cost: $2.68 million • Funding source: city funds design, TxDOT funds construction 5 Hwy. 3 and FM 518 intersection Project: Work is aimed at improving mobility for future traffic. Update: Staff has reviewed a traffic study. The project’s design is completed and the city is waiting for approvals from TxDOT. • Timeline: funding should be available in fiscal year 2025-26 • Cost: $5.3 million • Funding source: League City’s 2019 bond program

asphalt overlay on seven roads. Update: The project was completed as of June. • Timeline: Work began in late 2024 and wrapped up in the spring • Cost: $1.9 million • Funding source: from the tax reinvestment fund that is part of the city’s capital improvement budget 9 Highway 3 and Highway 96 intersection Project: improvements to the intersection included additional left- and right-turn lanes to help with mobility Update: Work is done. Officials are currently cleaning up the site. • Timeline: Construction was completed in February. • Cost: $1.6 million • Funding source: Galveston County’s 2018 bond election 10 West Walker Street improvements Project: includes installing three new traffic signals along West Walker Street Update: Work was completed earlier this year. • Timeline: Completed in spring 2025 • Cost: $3.3 million • Funding source: almost all from tax increment reinvestment zone funding

Ongoing projects

6 Reconstruction of Butler Road and Turner Street

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 in July 2026 • Cost: $6.12 million • Funding source: city’s reinvestment fund 7 League City Parkway right-turn lane Project: includes adding an eastbound right-turn lane that stretches from around Butler Road to the I-45 frontage road Update: the bid for the project was awarded in April • Timeline: construction is set to be done in 2026 • Cost: $1.4 million • Funding source: Galveston County bonds

Completed projects

8 Package 7 asphalt work Project: This project took place in the northern part of the city on and around Lakeside Drive and included

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