H-GAC survey aims to understand traffic congestion, closes July 15

The Houston-Galveston Area Council is gathering public input regarding traffic congestion as part of its Regional Congestion Management process, per a news release. Officials said community members can participate through July 15 via an online survey.

H-GAC is a regional organization intended for local governments to consider and cooperate in solving area-wide issues.

The big picture

In order to better understand traffic and travel challenges across the Houston-Galveston region, H-GAC is developing a Congestion Management Plan, or CMP. The CMP will consider multiple counties, including Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller.

Per the H-GAC website, the project began in June and will use two rounds of community engagement with differing goals:

• Round 1: understand travel patterns, congestion and community concerns
• Round 2: share improvement ideas and gather feedback on priorities

Participants of the survey will help identify traffic hotspots, understand how congestion affects varying road-users and inform future planning and investment decisions, per the news release.

One more thing

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete, according to the H-GAC website, and will close for submissions July 15. The survey link can be found here.