Public Meeting September 25, 2014 6:00-8:00 p.m. Shenandoah Municipal Complex 29955 I-45 North, Shenandoah, Texas 77381 1
Overview • Welcome Study Background • Short-Term Needs • Long-Term Needs • • Panel Questions 2
Background 3
Background Study Goals and Objectives • Economic Development • Maximize Mobility • Quality of Life • Project Consensus 4
Background Population Growth 2010 2040 Household Population Growth Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2040* Population 128,000 181,000 294,000 453,000 1,151,000 4.30% 3.15% 30 yr. Annual Growth 5
Background Survey and Website Comments Road/Area Website Blog Online Survey Rayford/Sawdust 62 381 Imperial Oaks Area 33 --- Robinson 62 203 Robinson/Hanna RR – 105 (s) Hanna --- 143 Gosling 33 139 South of Woodlands Pkwy – 30 (w) N. of Woodlands Pkwy – 3 (w) Kuykendahl 35 243 Woodlands Pkwy --- 68 Riley Fuzzell --- 65 I-45 --- 57 Other 86 83 Total 311 1,382 6
Background Employment Growth Mobility Issues 7
Short Term Needs Existing and Committed Projects 8
Short Term Needs 0 – 5 years 9
Key Corridors Rayford Road Rayford • Construct a railroad overpass at UPRR • Widen to 6 lanes from UPRR to Grand Parkway* • Incorporate access management strategies from UPRR to Grand Parkway. Elan/Birnham Woods • Widen to 4 lanes. 10
Key Corridors Woodlands Parkway/Robinson Corridor • Convert the interchange at IH 45 to a single-point urban interchange (SPUI). • Widen and re-align Robinson Road from IH 45 to east of the UPRR • Extend the existing Woodlands Parkway direct connector over Woodloch Forest and Six Pines. 11
Key Corridors Employment Growth Woodlands Parkway/Robinson at I-45 • Convert the Woodlands Parkway/Robinson Road at IH 45 into a single- point urban interchange (SPUI), including frontage road U-turn lanes. 12
Key Corridors Employment Growth Robinson Road • Widen to four lanes from IH 45 to UPRR • Re-align and install signal at Hanna 13
Key Corridors Lake Woodlands/Grogans Mill Road Lake Woodlands • Widen to six lanes from Lake Front Circle to IH 45. • Construct an overpass on Lake Woodlands at Grogans Mill. • Construct the U-turn at the intersection of Lake Woodlands Drive at entrance. Grogans Mill • Widen to six lanes from Woodlands Parkway to Research Forest. 14
Key Corridors Gosling • Widen to four lanes from Flintridge to the Grand Parkway. • Build two lane bridge over Spring Creek. • Intersection improvement at Flintridge. 15
Short Term Needs Kuykendahl and Gosling Kuykendahl • Widen to four lanes from Lake Woodlands to Bay Branch. • Intersection improvements at FM 1488 and Woodlands Parkway Gosling • Intersection improvements at SH 242 and Lake Woodlands. 16
Short Term Needs Rayford/Sawdust Corridor • Implement access management strategies between Grogans Mill and UPRR. • Intersection improvements at Budde, IH 45 and Richard roads. • Construct a new two-lane road under IH 45 at Spring Creek to connect both sides of IH45. 17
Short Term Needs David Memorial, SH 242 Research Forest/Tamina SH242 David Memorial Drive • Widen one lane in each • Extend from Shenandoah Park to SH 242. direction from Gosling to IH 45 and Harpers Way to FM 1314. • Improve intersection at Gosling. Research Forest • Improve intersection at Grogans Mill, Six Pines, Holly Hill and Pinecroft. • Widen at IH 45. Tamina • Widen from IH 45 to David Memorial. • Improve intersection at David Memorial. 18
Short Term Needs Research Forest – Two Point Intersection Hyatt Place CB&I Consultant’s Recommendation 19
Short Term Needs Oak Ridge North Circulation 20
Bicycle/Pedestrian Network Proposed Network: 85 Miles Estimated Cost: $27 Million 21
Short-Term Needs Bicycle/Pedestrian Network Possible Treatments Shared Use Path Adjacent Path Adjacent Separated Trail Utility Easements Extra – wide shoulder 22
Short Term Needs Area Wide • Signal timing optimization program • Implement Aggressive Incident Clearance Program 23
Additional Recommendation • Major Investment Study for IH 45N/Hardy Toll Road, from BW 8 to N Montgomery Co. 24
Long Term Needs 6 – 25 years 25
Long Term Needs East Side Grid • Improves N/S and E/W connectivity • Develops a roadway grid • Improves access to Grand Parkway • Provides alternatives to IH 45 • Improves local circulation 26
Long Term Needs West Side • Improves N/S and E/W connectivity • Improves access to Grand Parkway • Provides alternatives to IH 45 • Improves local circulation 27
Long Term Needs Research Forest Underpass Hyatt Place CB&I Consultant’s Recommendation 28
Complete Network 2040 29
Complete Network Estimated Cost Estimated Cost Short Term Construction Cost: $ 340.3 Million Short Term Study Cost: $23.8 Million Long Term Construction Cost: $1.23 Billion Total Plan Estimated Cost: $1.59 Billion * Construction cost only: does not include potential right-of-way acquisition cost or utility relocation 30
Panel Questions 31
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