WEST HOUSTON ASSOCIATION
820 Gessner Suite 1310
Houston, Texas 77024
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f 713.461.3065
West Houston Arterials & Express Streets
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Region-wide arterials provide the critical link from higher speed freeways and local distributors. Arterial development in the Houston region generally lags significantly in development and under performs as contributor to mobility. There is, therefore, a need to place more financial emphasis on constructing arterials as a means of carrying shorter trips. This would reduce the traditional dependency on freeway trips.
This is a report on the deployment of several key West Houston arterials critical to mobility in the region. Not all projects listed here have been adopted by a government agency for implementation but rather are proposals of the West Houston Association for better traffic flow in the region.
Updated Prepared
by the West Houston Association
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| Thoroughfare Planning, Design & Construction in West Houston | ||
| Project | Limits | Status—Listing of agency is not necessarily suggestive of that agency’s commitment or interest |
| Westpark Tollway Click for current letting schedule of Section from Loop 610 to SH 6 | SH 6 to Grand Parkway |
HCTRA. Open Loop 610 to
SH 6
Ft. Bend: FM 1464 to Grand Parkway completed |
| West Park Street | SH 6 East to West of Eldridge | City |
| Westview |
1. BW 8 to Brittmoore 2. Brittmoore to Wilcrest 3. BW 8 to Gessner 4. Bingle to Campbell |
City, TxDOT, Metro |
| Clay |
1. SH 6 to Addicks Reservoir Dam 2. West of SH 6
3. Intersection @ SH 6 |
1. Completed-October 2003
2.County—Design started west of Westgreen 3. County Funded Engineering Complete. Construction, TxDOT in progress |
| Park Row |
1. SH 6 to Eldridge
2. Barker Cypress to Fry 3. Intersection Flares @ Fry East and West |
1. Public hearing pending.
2. Designed,
Pct 3 & Private Sector 3. TBD |
| SH 6 |
1. Over
I-10 2. Grade Separation @ Memorial 3. Grade Separation @ Westheimer |
1. Part
of I-10—Funded by TxDOT & Selected for letting in 2005 2. TBD—Could provide connection between I10 and West Park Toll Road 3. TBD—Could provide connection between I10 and West Park Toll Road |
| Kingsland | Barker Cypress to SH 6 (thru Barker Reservoir) | |
| Barker Cypress | South of I 10 to Westpark (thru Barker Reservoir) | These projects through the Barker Reservoir where presented to the Corps of Engineers by Harris County. The Corps has told Harris County that they will not permit any roadways to be constructed through the Reservoir. |
| Briar Forest | SH 6 to W of Barker Reservoir | |
| Grand Parkway |
1.
Mainlanes South to Westpark 2. Mainlanes--I-10 to US 290 |
1. TBD 2. Preparing EIS. Possible toll road by Harris County/TxDOT |
| Westheimer |
Grade Separation @ BW 8 |
Grade separation under design, working with HCTRA/TxDOT |
| West Little York | West from SH 6 | Pct 3—design and ROW OK east of Barker Cypress |
| Gessner | ¼ mile N & S of I-10 | TxDOT to contract for construction to be completed along with I-10 construction |
| Hempstead Rd to Tanner | Metro & City of Houston to construct 4 lane boulevard section. Work to begin 1st Quarter 2005 | |
| Grisby | West/East from SH 6 | On City MTP & requires ROW dedication. Issues with intersection of redesigned I-10/SH 6 interchange. |
| Greenhouse | I-10 North to Saums | To be constructed with I-10, TxDOT, Pct 3 & Private Sector |
| Westgreen | I-10 to Franz | To be constructed with I-10 |
| Katy-Ft. Bend | I-10 to Franz | TBD |
| Franz/Saums | Katy-Ft. Bend to Barker Cypress | TBD |
| Morton | Raintree to Mason | TBD |
| Fry Road | US 290 to FM 529 |
US 290 to Old Hempstead: Completion in of 2005 Old Hempstead to FM 529: RFP out May 2004; Construction 2004-2005; Completion Mid 2005 |
| Brittmoore | Clay Rd to I-10 |
COH: Construct 62' curb/gutter section. 2006 TIP for
engineering & construction
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