Transportation
BY SARAH BRAGER
Local ISDs connected with sidewalks
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Precinct 4 completed the first phase of the project—50 miles of sidewalks for $20 million—in March, Community Impact previously reported. The latest $16 million investment for phase two will add an additional 25 miles of sidewalks to the area, with locations based on proximity to schools, parks, hospitals and places of worship, according to Precinct 4’s website. Briones said phase two construction is expected to wrap up by fall 2026. Each individual sidewalk project takes approximately 4-8 weeks to complete, per the project website. “I can’t tell you how much we appreciate the leadership of Commissioner Briones and all her folks in keeping our kids safe,” Ted Vierling, Katy ISD chief operations officer, said Dec. 9.
$16 million in Fiscal Year 2025-26 to the project, which started with $20 million in 2024. The initiative aims to improve safety for students and other pedestrians, Briones said. She said at least 22 crashes have been reported along the 4-mile corridor within the last five years.
Harris County Precinct 4 added four miles of sidewalks along Greenhouse Road connecting Katy ISD and Cy-Fair ISD, Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones announced Dec. 9. The connection is part of the Sidewalks 4 Precinct 4 initiative to add 75 miles of new sidewalks in unincorporated Harris County. Briones said Precinct 4 committed an additional
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Cy-Fair ISD
Katy ISD
Cy-Fair & Katy ISD schools 1 Thornton Middle
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KEITH HARROW BLVD.
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2 Cypress Lakes High 3 Emery Elementary 4 Cardiff Junior High
GREENHOUSE RD.
N. FRY RD.
CLAY RD.
5 Jack & Sharon Rhoads Elementary 6 Polly Ann McRoberts Elementary 7 Jean & Betty Schmalz Elementary
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MASON RD.
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MORTON RD.
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MASON ROAD 1640 S Mason Rd (281) 395-6262 KATY MILLS 24417 Katy Fwy (281) 394-5780
FALCON LANDING 9722 Gaston Rd (281) 574-3008
FULSHEAR 24940 FM 1093 (281) 391-4008
CINCO RANCH 3050 W Grand Pkwy (281) 392-5554
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