During its June 12 monthly meeting, the board of directors for the Energy Corridor Management District agreed to extend the district’s mission for another 10 years. The renewal follows petitions of support by property owners that were accepted during a May 22 public hearing on the issue.
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Proposed Energy Corridor District transit improvements[/caption]
The Texas Legislature founded the district as Harris County Improvement District No. 4 in 2001. The district was formed in large part to manage the I-10 lane expansion that began that year.
“Our current plan expired at the end of next year, but there’s so much planning that had to be done [residents petitioned to renew early],” district spokesperson Mark Klein said. “We originally had a five-year plan. That was renewed for 10 years, and now we’ve renewed another 10 years.”
Among the district’s top priorities is managing transportation mobility projects such as a new Energy Corridor Circular rush hour mass transit line that will run from the Addicks Park and Ride to destinations along Park Row, North Dairy Ashford Road, Eldridge Parkway, Memorial Drive and Hwy. 6.
