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County approves engineering bill for Tamarron Crossing widening project During its Aug. 23 meeting, Fort Bend County Commission- ers Court approved a $44,000 invoice for engineering services for a county mobility project at Tamarron Crossing with plans that are now 95% complete. The $2.1 million project, using funds from a 2020 $218.2 million mobility bond approved in November 2020, is designed to construct the county’s portion of Tamarron Crossing—the northern portion—which extends from Tamarron Trace to FM 1463, according to county documents. The project includes the design and construction of two lanes of a four-lane divided boulevard with a concrete curb and gutter roadway. Meanwhile, the southern half of the road has already been constructed. Construction is antici- pated to start in the first quarter of 2023 with a five- month construction period, Fort Bend County Engineer Ike Akinwande said.
High-occupancy vehicle and high-occupancy toll lanes are now permanently open seven days a week to Harris County commuters. EASING THE DAILY COMMUTE
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INBOUND LANES Open Mon.-Sun. from: • 6:30-8 a.m. to vehicles with at least two people • 5-6:30 a.m. and 8-11 a.m. to all vehicles OUTBOUND LANES Open Mon.-Sun. from: • 4:30-6 p.m. to vehicles with at least two people • 1-4:30 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. to all vehicles
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Grand Parkway frontage road On Aug. 23, Fort Bend County com- missioners approved engineering services to add frontage roads along the Grand Parkway at the Cinco Ranch Greenway Village. It is part of a larger northbound frontage road project from Cinco Ranch Boulevard to Bay Hill Boulevard. This is one of seven frontage road projects to extend roads northbound from Fry Road to Highland Knolls Drive and southbound from Highland Knolls to FM 1093. Timeline: 2024-TBD Cost: $18 million Funding source: Fort Bend County
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METRO makes weekend use of high- occupancy vehicle, toll lanes permanent SOURCE: THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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Following a pilot program this summer that opened the Metro- politan Transit Authority of Harris County’s high-occupancy vehicle, or HOV, and high-occupancy toll, or HOT, lanes for use on weekends, the board voted Aug. 25 to make the program permanent. Under the program, the lanes will be operational seven days a week on a permanent basis. The addition will cost the agency up to $3.3 million, according to Nader Mirjamali, METRO HOV/HOT lane project manager, adding $644,500 to the agency’s contract with TransCore ITS to operate the lanes. “This is part of an effort to say that, yes, our job is to connect people to jobs, but it is also to connect people to recreational opportunities, weekend
trips, leisure trips, trips to schools, universities, you name it,” METRO board Chair Sanjay Ramabhadran said at the Aug. 25 meeting. The plan includes METRO’s five HOV and HOT lanes along I-45 North, I-45 South, I-69 North/Hwy. 59 North, I-69 South/Hwy. 59 South and Hwy. 290. The summer pilot ended Sept. 5 with the permanent program commencing Sept. 10. By seven weeks into the pilot period Aug. 13-14, use of the lanes had increased 82% to 6,379 vehicles on Saturdays and 70% to 3,419 vehicles on Sundays, according to Mirjamali. The lanes see 70%-80% more use on Saturdays than Sundays. Mirjamali identified I-69 South/Hwy. 59 South and I-45 North as the corridors that saw the most weekend use.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF SEPT. 15. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT KTYNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. the Katy Boardwalk District. Timeline: May-September Cost: $1.86 million Funding source: KDA cash funds Prairie Parkway extension Extending Prairie Parkway from Boardwalk Drive to Kingsland Boulevard by the Katy Development Authority will wrap up in September. The project will extend the four-lane parkway and create mobility within
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