Sugar Land | Missouri City August 2015[/caption]
Turtle Creek Drive reconstruction[/caption]1.Turtle Creek Drive reconstruction
The project to replace water lines and to remove and replace the road surface on Turtle Creek Drive from Hilton Head Drive to Mission Valley Drive in Missouri City is ongoing. The contractor is in the process of installing the water lines. Once the water lines are installed, the removal and replacement of the roadway will begin. There will be alternate lane closures throughout the duration of the project.
Timeline: May 2015-June 2016
Cost: $2.2 million
Funding sources: city of Missouri City
2. Williams Trace Boulevard improvements
The engineering report for the reconstruction of Williams Trace Boulevard between Austin Parkway and Lexington Boulevard in Sugar Land is complete. The roadway will be reconstructed in two phases. Phase 1 will rebuild the road from Hwy. 6 to Austin Parkway, and Phase 2 will cover Hwy. 6 to Lexington Boulevard. The final design for Phase 1 is expected to begin in August with construction planned for fiscal year 2017. Phase 2 is scheduled for design in 2020. Final cost estimates for both phases have not been determined.
Timeline: 10-12 months starting in fiscal year 2017 (Phase 1).
Cost: TBD
Funding sources: city of Sugar Land
3. Hwy. 6 expansion
At its July 7 meeting, Sugar Land City Council approved a $500,000 contract with Brown & Gay Engineers to design the third phase of the expansion of Hwy. 6. The design phase for the project started in late July. The project calls for the roadway to be expanded from three to four lanes between Brooks Street and Lexington Boulevard. Construction on the project is expected to begin in August 2016 and will take 150 days from the notice to proceed to complete.
Timeline: August 2016-early 2017
Cost: $7.6 million
Funding sources: city of Sugar Land, Texas Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
4. FM 2234 widening
Construction on the widening of FM 2234 from the Fort Bend Parkway to FM 521 in Missouri City is expected to begin in March 2016. The 4-mile project will widen FM 2234 from the existing two-lane undivided roadway to a four-lane divided roadway with drainage ditches, a raised median and 12-foot shoulders. TxDOT issued the contractor a notice to proceed on the project June 15; however, there is a 270-day delay clause on the project.
Timeline: March 2016-March 2018
Cost: $31.3 million
Funding sources: Texas Mobility Fund bonds, Proposition 1 funds
5. University Boulevard extension
The final portion of the University Boulevard extension in Sugar Land will be completed in two phases. The full scope of the project calls for University Boulevard to be extended as a four-lane divided roadway from where it ends at Hwy. 90 to Stadium Drive adjacent to Constellation Field. The first phase of the project will extend the roadway from Hwy. 90 to approximately 1,000 feet north of the intersection adjacent to the Nalco Champion property. Phase 2 of the project will extend the roadway from the intersection adjacent to Nalco Champion to Stadium Drive and will include the construction of a bridge over Oyster Creek. Sugar Land City Council awarded the construction contract for Phase 1 to Harper Brothers on July 21, and construction will begin in August. A timeline for Phase 2 has not been determined. The entire project also calls for improvements to street signals, trails, sidewalks and drainage infrastructure.
Timeline: August 2015-March 2016 (Phase 1)
Cost: $5.3 million (Phase 1)
Funding sources: city of Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Sugar Land tax increment reinvestment zone district
Vicksburg Boulevard extension[/caption]6. Vicksburg Boulevard extension
Construction to extend Vicksburg Boulevard from Aldridge Drive to Lake Olympia Parkway as a four-lane boulevard roadway in Missouri City is on schedule for completion by January 2016. All underground utilities for the project have been installed and the contractor has started work to pave the roadway. There are no lane closures or detours as a result of the project. The scope of the project includes the construction of a mast arm turn signal and turn-lane improvements at Lake Olympia Parkway. The project also calls for the addition of bicycle lanes in both directions along the roadway as well as sidewalks, streetlights and accompanying drainage structures.
Timeline: January 2015-January 2016
Cost: $3.3 million
Funding sources: Fort Bend County, Missouri City Development Authority, Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 47 and 48
7. Lexington Boulevard extension
The project to extend Lexington Boulevard from Scanlin Road to Texas Parkway in Missouri City is now complete and was opened to motorists and bicyclists July 9. Earlier this year the Missouri City City Council renamed the extension Thomas Taylor Parkway after Fort Bend County’s first African-American commissioner. The project extended Lexington Boulevard as a two-lane roadway with medians and added bicycle lanes in both directions.
Timeline: August 2014-July 2015
Cost: $2.5 million
Funding sources: Fort Bend County
