Jersey Village City Council members and city officials gathered Feb. 18 to discuss which easements will need to be acquired to allow for necessary water and sewer utility relocations in regards to the upcoming Hwy. 290 expansion.
Segments 6 and 7 of the Hwy. 290 expansion project—which will run from Beltway 8 to the FM 1960 and Hwy. 6 interchange—are slated to begin construction by the end of 2013. This section of the project will expand the corridor to four lanes in each direction and add two managed lanes through the City of Jersey Village.
"We're proposing to relocate our utilities outside of the TxDOT right of way within this project," said Danny Segundo, Jersey Village public works director. "The city will purchase a 10-foot easement outside of TxDOT's right of way, and we have already started that process."
The city will be relocating approximately 4,800 linear feet of water lines and about 1,300 feet of sanitary sewer lines. A majority of the water and sewer lines that conflict with the expansion are located between Senate Avenue and Beltway 8. The cost of relocating these utilities is estimated to be about $932,000.
