First design contract awarded for Pearland’s Old Town Revitalization Plan

Efforts to revive Pearland’s historic Old Town district are making progress after city officials recently allocated funds to design and build the Grand Link Project, a project to make portions of Grand Boulevard more walkable and suitable for festivals.

What you need to know

Pearland City Council voted unanimously at its Feb. 9 meeting to award $289,500 of Pearland Economic Development Corp. funds to Houston-based TBG Partners for engineering and design services for the Grand Link Project.

Since the Old Town Revitalization Plan was approved in September, the contract marks the first major implementation of the plan’s vision.

The details

According to city documents, the project will involve:

• Building a festival street between Broadway Street and East Plum Street that’s integrated with Zychlinski Park
• Enhanced on-street parking areas
• Landscaping upgrades
• Measuring expected drainage impact

Looking ahead

The project’s design phase is expected to take 42 weeks, or a little over nine months, according to city documents.