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Swing At This!
WHA Golf. Oct. 4th.
NEW
Texas Transportation
Crisis
It was not a
pretty message at the West Houston Association's Transportation Issues
Forum in June. The conclusion can only be that Texas has a
Transportation Crisis.
Read the summary at this link.
EDITORIAL
They Need
to Know How Bad It is Going to Get
Transportation
funding--there has been a lot said about it. But the real story
for the Houston commuter is yet to be told.
(Read More)
Houston's Number One Project: US 290 Needs Expansion Now
Harris County Punts on Hempstead Tollway for 2011
TxDOT Produces Project
Summary Report on US 290.
Read Document
TxDOT Programs $315.6 million for US
290@Loop 610
The Transportation
Commission approved the allocation of $315.6 million to the 610
interchange with US 290 and I-610. Construction will begin within
18 months.
Read the WHA article.
Commuter
Rail
The Gulf Coast Rail District has begun study of the US
290 corridor commuter rail. The approximately 22 miles line would
run from Loop 610 to Hempstead and may serve also as the local leg of a
new rail passenger line to Austin.
There is no more critical
construction need in the region. Population growth and traffic
demand requires a rapid response. Everyone agrees but what is going on?
Read the WHA article.
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Lawsuit Against Segment E Dismissed/Grand Parkway Advances
US District Judge Lake
ruled May 19th that TxDOT and FHWA did not act arbitrarily or
capriciously as claimed by the Sierra Club and Audubon Society in their
bid to stop Segment E of the Grand Parkway. The Judge found for
the agencies with prejudice. This clears the way for HCTRA to
advance the project to construction when the Corps of Engineers issues
it wetlands mitigation letter.
(Read the Judges opinion at this link PDF)
In other news, Harris County Commissioners Court has
authorized HCTRA to seek qualifications of consulting engineers for
design of additional sections of the Grand Parkway, Segments F1 & F2.
When designed these segments will join Segment E (I-10 to US 290) as
ready for construction.
(Read More PDF)
New Association Members Welcomed
Caldwell Companies,
a major real estate development and services company headquartered in
west Houston has joined the West Houston Association
Methodist Hospital West Houston,
who is building a major new hospital in Park Ten, has joined the
Association.
2010 West Houston
Development Map Now Available
The Association's
2010 Development Map is now available.
All WHA members will receive a copy of the map and additional copies in
various editions & a smaller size will be available.
Read More.
2009 Activity Report
The WHA has distributed
its 2009 Activity Report to member companies. (Read
the Report as a PDF)
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