Fort Bend County officials consider $220 million transportation bond issue

County officials have not made public the specific projects under consideration for inclusion on the list of those that would be funded with the potential bond sale.

The list of projects will be released when and if the commissioners decide to put the bond issue on the November ballot. The deadline to do so is August, and the commissioners set a goal of mid-July to finalize the list.

Stolleis suggested the county require municipalities to adhere to timelines for completing various stages of work on jointly funded projects, as some projects approved years ago have never been started due to lack of movement on the part of the partnering city.

Stolleis said there are joint projects that were approved during the last transportation bond issues in 2007 and 2013 that were never begun because of lack of movement from the partnering city.

County Judge Robert Hebert said he favored canceling previously approved projects in instances where a partnering municipality drags its feet.

“We have to get these projects moving,” Hebert said. “I think we need to tie [cities] down. If they don’t move, that’s tying up capital that could be used on other projects.”

Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Prestage said he is considering using some of the bond funds slated for his precinct on sidewalk repair.

Precinct 4 Commissioner James Patterson named the expansion of the intersection of Voss Road and Hwy. 6 as one of the priorities in his precinct.