Proposed
Memorial Heights-area paving and drainage project: A project aimed at improving neighborhood streets between Heights Boulevard and Studemont Street was planned to begin construction this fall, but it has since been pushed back one year in the city of Houston capital improvement plan. The project will put in new paving with drainage, curbs, sidewalks and driveways as well as street lighting and underground utilities along Hicks, Center, Harvard, Wagner, East, Lakin, Court, Wichman, High and Home streets.
Cost: $12.1 million
Timeline: Fall 2021-TBD
Funding source: city of Houston
Yale and Center intersection: A project slated for fiscal year 2019-20 will reconstruct the intersection and replace and update the signals and crosswalks at Yale and Center streets, where car crashes are a concern.
Timeline: TBD
Cost: $969,750
Funding source: Memorial Heights Tax-Increment Reinvestment Zone
Ongoing
Heights Boulevard/MKT Trail pedestrian/bicycle safety: A project to bring bicycle and pedestrian improvements to two intersections in the Heights area was nearing completion of its design phase in July. Construction could begin by the end of the year. Updates to trail wayfinding, restriping bike lanes and improving connectivity are all targeted for the intersection of Heights Boulevard and the MKT Trail and at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Heights.
Timeline: 2020-21
Cost: $1.36 million
Funding source: Memorial Heights Tax-Increment Reinvestment Zone
Hempstead Road reconstruction: The Texas Department of Transportation is continuing work on Hempstead Road north of I-10 inside Loop 610. The project is nearing 30% completion as of June, according to reports filed by James Construction Group. The project is upgrading the four-lane roadway to six lanes and is rebuilding three railroad underpasses. The project will also add sidewalks, curb ramps, storm drainage culverts and new traffic signals at 11th and 12th streets.
Timeline: February 2018-February 2022
Cost: $55.23 million
Funding source: TxDOT
