TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Houston-Galveston Area Council to spend more on transit plans as population grows
COMPILED BY RENEE FARMER & DANIEL WEEKS
ONGOING PROJECTS
CORRIDOR INVESTMENTS H-GAC is expected to invest more funds into transit.
RODEO PALMS PKWY.
INVESTMENT BY CORRIDOR
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With the Houston region estimated to double its population by 2045, the Houston-Galveston Area Council has laid out its plans to accommodate growing transportation needs with its 2045 Regional Transportation Plan Update, or RTP. Following a public comment period from March 15 to April 17, H-GAC’s Transportation Policy Council will approve and adopt the RTP on April 28. The agency held the last of its public meetings on the plan March 21. H-GAC updates its 20-year RTP every four years with new objectives. “The RTP allows for us to bring down federal and state funds into our eight-county region. It helps us pri- oritize and understand what projects should be funded, where we need to fund projects and how to move forward,” H-GAC Regional Planning Manager Anita Hollmann-Matijcio said in a March 15 press release. By 2045, the agency anticipates
collecting $141 billion in revenue from federal and state allocations and tolls. It recommends $109 billion in expenditures for investments in transit, operations and intersection improvements, a 24% increase from the 2040 update. The plan addresses a number of transportation concerns gathered from surveys held from April to July 2022. Survey participants overwhelmingly prefer to travel safer and not necessar- ily faster, Hollmann-Matijcio noted. Those inside of Beltway 8 wanted better quality roads and a variety of travel options. Respondents outside of Beltway 8 wanted shorter commutes, reliable travel times, less congestion and better transit options. “We did hear during our outreach that those outside the Beltway did not have convenient access to public transportation, and that’s noted in the RTP Update,” Hollmann-Matijcio said during the March 21 meeting.
I-45 S.
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$1.46B
Hwy. 288
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$1.53B
Beltway 8
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MARCH 27. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT PLFNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. as the city looks to improve ease of access to Hwy. 288 from its new residential developments. TxDOT held a public hearing for the project in March 2022. Timeline: late 2022-September 2024 Cost: $50.8 million Funding source: TxDOT Manvel Hwy. 288 expansion The Texas Department of Transporta- tion entered into an agreement with James Construction Group in August to construct a southbound frontage road on Hwy. 288 between Hwy. 6 and Rodeo Palms Parkway, according to TxDOT Public Information Officer Danny Perez. The project is one of the several thoroughfare improve- ments coming to the city of Manvel
$1.86B
I-69 S.
$12.78B
I-10
$2.3B
U.S. 90
$200M
I-69 N.
$211M
Grand Parkway
$3.94B
I-45 N.
$4.23B
Hwy. 249
$487M
Downtown Houston
$6.94B
Loop 610
$641M
I-10 W.
$7.14B
U.S. 290
$8.47B
SOURCE: HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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