Transportation
BY CASSANDRA JENKINS, RACHEL LELAND & DANIEL WEEKS
Improved water quality coming with new water line in Sugar Land Sugar Land residents will soon have improved water quality and pressure after the city decided to install a new water line along Ransom Road. The gist On Nov. 7 Sugar Land City Council voted to approve installing a 2,400-foot, 12-inch water line along Ransom Road that will connect the existing water line from Indigo River Lane to just east of the Grand Parkway, behind the existing Bank of America, according to agenda documents. This construction will be tacked onto Fort Bend County’s 2017 mobility bond. In 2019, Sugar Land officials approached county officials to ask that the water line project be included in the Fort Bend County Mobility Bond Program construction plans, according to agenda documents.
Upgrades planned for Hwy. 6 intersections Missouri City City Council approved two items Nov. 6 regarding intersection improve- ments at Hwy. 6 at Vicksburg Boulevard and Hwy. 6 at Sienna Parkway. Two-minute impact Per the meeting agenda, the $650,000 traffic signal upgrade at Hwy. 6 and Vicks- burg Boulevard will include changing the traffic pattern from a three-way wire signal to a four-way permanent pole signal. The estimated timeline for completion of the project is spring 2024. City Council also accepted the dedication of a right-of-way easement for intersection improvements at Sienna Parkway and Hwy. 6, including adding turn lanes for northbound and southbound traffic. Offi- cials said the project will wrap up in 2024.
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One more thing Fort Bend County officials agreed to incorporate the water line construction into the project but required Sugar Land to fund the design separately and reimburse the county for construction. The engineer’s estimate for the installation is $407,285, according to agenda documents. Sugar Land Communications Director Doug Adolph confirmed that Sugar Land had been in recent conversations with Fort Bend County about the project and that the county was “actively working on bidding on the project soon.”
County selects bid for Sienna Ranch Road project Fort Bend County on Nov. 7 selected company Jerdon Enterprise for a safety improvements project along Sienna Ranch Road in Missouri City. The bid price was $260,936, and the estimated completion time is 60 days, according to meeting the county’s 2020 mobility bond, which provided $500,000 for the project. According to the 2020 mobility projects list, the scope of work for the project includes:
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