Today, Grissom Road from Abigail Lane to West NASA Road is two lanes wide. By the time work is complete in a year, it will be a four-lane divided concrete roadway complete with sidewalks, street drainage improvements and a new 12-inch water line stretching 5,000 feet from the city’s north booster station to West NASA Road, said Sarah Greer Osborne, director of communications and media relations, in an email to Community Impact Newspaper.
The project, including the water line, totals $8.53 million, which is more than $1 million less than originally budgeted for the project. League City City Council on Feb. 22 approved a contract to begin work in April and lauded how it came in under budget.
“I want to appreciate [by] telling [City Manager John Baumgartner] and [his] staff: Good job coming in ... $1 million under budget on this particular project,” Council Member Larry Millican said at the Feb. 22 meeting.
Coming in so much under budget and having the project scheduled to take only 360 days will allow the city to advance quicker on other projects, Millican said.
“We’ve got a great contractor on this one,” Baumgartner said.
Project Manager Scott Tuma said in an email the project is cheaper than expected because the city got lucky in its timing, finding contractors wanting work right when the project was bid.
Tuma said the contractor plans to build the westbound lanes first and then transition traffic while constructing the eastbound lanes.
“Motorists will need to be cognizant of construction crews, but very minimal inconvenience is expected,” he said.
In the end, residents will benefit, Tuma said.
“Motorists will benefit with two travel lanes each direction, a smoother transition from West NASA to Grissom Road, and safer travel from the overall straightening of the roadway,” he said.
Upcoming projects
Turner Street and Butler Road Phase 2 reconstruction
About 1,800 feet of Turner Street from Hobbs to Butler roads and about 4,300 feet of Butler from Turner to about 400 feet south of Sedona Drive will be reconstructed with concrete curb and gutters. The project may be phased with Phase 1 being Turner and Butler from Turner to Cross Spring Lane and Phase 2 being the rest of Butler. City officials have moved the anticipated project start date from fall 2022 to this summer.
Timeline: July 2022-TBD
Cost: $7.31 million
Funding source: League City
