Sugar Land - Missouri City Edition | October 2023

From the cover

Fort Bend County calls $712.6M mobility bond

Proposed mobility projects This map is not comprehensive as some broader projects don’t have precise locations. Prices shown represent the amount the bond would fund each project, not the total project cost.

The details

Precinct 3—which encompasses the Sugar Land, Missouri City and Staord areas—will receive $144.5 million should the bond pass this November. This is $85 million more than it received in the 2017 voter-approved bond. County documents show $13 million would go toward local mobility projects from past voter-approved bonds. McCoy said the projects need additional funding due to increases in construction cost, among other factors. “There are things that we did design and right-of-way acquisition for that now we need construction funds for,” McCoy said. If the bond passes, countywide projects include: • Smart Signal Technology initiative: $10 million to implement signal enhancements aimed at monitoring inbound trafic and continually adjusting signal timing to optimize trafic flow • Pedestrian mobility study: $3 million study of pedestrian trafic and mobility Missouri City Public Works Director Shashi Kumar highlighted the importance of the ongoing Watts Plantation extension and widening project, which would receive $10.7 million from the bond. He said in a statement that this project would “help promote economic development in undeveloped areas” and reduce congestion in the area. Additionally, some of the other major projects that will aect the Sugar Land and Missouri City area if the bond passes include: • West Airport Boulevard: $3.86 million for an additional lane and a right-turn lane from the Grand Parkway to FM 1464 • Old Richmond Road: $15.75 million to upgrade the two-lane road with roadside ditches to a three-lane curb-and-gutter road

Widening 1 Sienna Parkway: $6.25M 2 West Airport Boulevard: $3.86M 3 Sweetwater Boulevard phases 1 and 2: $5.5M 4 Settlers Way Boulevard: $4.4M

Turn-lane improvements 5 University Boulevard: $3.96M 6 Knights Court phases 1 and 2: $1.5M

Reconstruction 7 Downtown Missouri City: $3.5M 8 Pike Road and Stafford Road: $2.89M 9 Williams Trace Boulevard: $11.2M 10 Lexington Boulevard phases 1 and 2: $5.4M

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What they’re saying

“Mobility continues to be identied as one of our community’s top priorities. Continued investments in this area meet the needs of our

“Our county is growing exponentially. … We’re one of the fastest-growing counties in the nation. With that comes increasing needs for infrastructure, and

“These projects will help improve quality of life, promote economic development and enhance mobility to the residents of

residents, support a strong economy, and enable our city to grow and evolve.” DOUG ADOLPH, SUGAR LAND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

so that’s why this will be a signicant bond initiative.” DEXTER MCCOY, FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT 4

nearby neighborhoods.” SHASHI KUMAR, MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

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