TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Pearland Parkway circle needed changes, city says
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The Pearland Parkway trac circle is now dierent for drivers, but city ocials say it was needed ahead of an increase in anticipated trac. The new $3.2 million Pearland Parkway roundabout was fully completed Aug. 12, providing drivers with a smaller circle designed to slow down incoming trac. Under the old style, every driver, regard- less of where they were going, had to get on the circle, according to project documents. “The existing trac circle [was] 25-ish years old, so it’s not exactly new,” Pearland Director of Commu- nications Joshua Lee said. Under the new conguration, Pearland Parkway drivers coming from Beltway 8 going to McHard Road, drivers on McHard Road going to Pearland Parkway towards FM 518, and Pearland Parkway drivers coming from FM 518 going to Beltway 8 do not need to enter the trac circle and instead have outside turning lanes, according to
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
The city of Pearland anticipates trac at the Pearland Parkway trac circle will increase once the McHard Road extension is complete, which is one of the reasons for having trac slow down at the intersection.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 24. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT PLFNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. CR 59 widening and reconstruction Brazoria County is working on wid- ening CR 59 in Pearland from Kirby Drive to CR 48. The two-lane road with no sidewalks will be widened to four lanes with raised medians, curb and gutter, and a 10-foot shared-use path for pedestrians, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The thoroughfare from Hwy. 288 to Kirby Drive is already a four-lane road, according to Brazoria County. Timeline: June 2022-mid-2024 Cost: $14 million Funding source: 80% federal dollars, 20% local dollars
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city designs. Only Pearland Parkway drivers going to FM 518, McHard Road driv- ers going to Pearland Parkway toward Beltway 8 and Pearland Parkway drivers heading west to McHard Road need to get on the circle, according to city designs. Lee said the circle needed to be updated because of the anticipated
trac increase from the McHard Road extension, which will connect Pearland Parkway to Hwy. 288; the old circle’s age; and design improvements. “It is really meant to help that specically,” Lee said. “Slow that trac down appropriately to prevent accidents but to also keep trac moving in all directions.”
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