Sugar Land City Council approved a $1 million contract with DG Medina LLC to construct the city’s Imperial Connector Trail project at its July 21 meeting.
Voters approved the trail project in 2013 as part of the city’s $31.5 million bond election. The approved bond included the development of 128 acres of new parkland along the Brazos River with an adjacent festival site. The project also called for a connecting network of 10 miles of hike and bike trails and bridges, said Doug Adolph, assistant communications director for the city of Sugar Land.
The Imperial Connector Trail is the first of the approved trail projects. The new trail will connect to existing trails in the Brooks Street and Lake Pointe areas and provide sidewalk access along Brooks Street, Hwy. 6 and Hwy. 90. A connection will also be constructed west along Hwy. 90 to University Boulevard, which will provide access to the future Ditch H trail, Adolph said.
“[The Imperial Connector trail] will serve as a major route between retail and restaurants along Hwy. 6, Hwy. 90, the existing Lake Pointe trail and adjacent neighborhoods,” Adolph said.
Project construction includes new concrete trails, lane striping along Brooks Street, an internal loop at Imperial Park, and new signage and ditch crossings. Construction on the trail is set to begin in August and will be complete in early 2016, he said.
Sugar Land City Council approved a $1 million contract with DG Medina LLC to construct the city’s Imperial Connector Trail project at its July 21 meeting.
Voters approved the trail project in 2013 as part of the city’s $31.5 million bond election. The approved bond included the development of 128 acres of new parkland along the Brazos River with an adjacent festival site. The project also called for a connecting network of 10 miles of hike and bike trails and bridges, said Doug Adolph, assistant communications director for the city of Sugar Land.
The Imperial Connector Trail is the first of the approved trail projects. The new trail will connect to existing trails in the Brooks Street and Lake Pointe areas and provide sidewalk access along Brooks Street, Hwy. 6 and Hwy. 90. A connection will also be constructed west along Hwy. 90 to University Boulevard, which will provide access to the future Ditch H trail, Adolph said.
“[The Imperial Connector trail] will serve as a major route between retail and restaurants along Hwy. 6, Hwy. 90, the existing Lake Pointe trail and adjacent neighborhoods,” Adolph said.
Project construction includes new concrete trails, lane striping along Brooks Street, an internal loop at Imperial Park, and new signage and ditch crossings. Construction on the trail is set to begin in August and will be complete in early 2016, he said.
