29955 I-45 North, Shenandoah, Texas 77381 1 Overview Welcome - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Public Meeting September 25, 2014 6:00-8:00 p.m. Shenandoah Municipal Complex 29955 I-45 North, Shenandoah, Texas 77381

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• Welcome
• Study Background
• Short-Term Needs
• Long-Term Needs
• Panel Questions

Overview

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Background

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Background

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Study Goals and Objectives

• Economic Development
• Maximize Mobility
• Quality of Life
• Project Consensus

Household Population Growth

Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2040* Population 128,000 181,000 294,000 453,000 1,151,000 30 yr. Annual Growth 4.30% 3.15%

2010 2040

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Population Growth

Background

Background

Survey and Website Comments

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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

Employment Growth

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Background

Mobility Issues

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Short Term Needs

Existing and Committed Projects

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Short Term Needs

0 – 5 years

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Key Corridors

Rayford Road

Rayford

• Construct a railroad
• verpass 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.

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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.

Employment Growth

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Key Corridors

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.

Employment Growth

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Key Corridors

Robinson Road

• Widen to four lanes from IH 45 to UPRR
• Re-align and install signal at Hanna

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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.

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Key Corridors

Gosling

• Widen to four lanes from

Flintridge to the Grand Parkway.

• Build two lane bridge
• ver Spring Creek.
• Intersection

improvement at Flintridge.

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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.

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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.

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David Memorial, SH 242 Research Forest/Tamina

Short Term Needs

SH242

• Widen one lane in each

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. David Memorial Drive

• Extend from Shenandoah Park to SH 242.

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Short Term Needs

Research Forest – Two Point Intersection

CB&I Hyatt Place

Consultant’s Recommendation

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Short Term Needs

Oak Ridge North Circulation

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Bicycle/Pedestrian Network

Proposed Network: 85 Miles Estimated Cost: $27 Million

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Short-Term Needs

Bicycle/Pedestrian Network

Utility Easements Extra –wide shoulder Shared Use Path Adjacent Separated Trail Adjacent Path

Possible Treatments

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Short Term Needs

• Signal timing optimization program
• Implement Aggressive Incident Clearance Program

Area Wide

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Additional Recommendation

• Major Investment Study for

IH 45N/Hardy Toll Road, from BW 8 to N Montgomery Co.

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Long Term Needs

6 – 25 years

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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

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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

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Long Term Needs

Research Forest Underpass

Hyatt Place CB&I

Consultant’s Recommendation

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Complete Network

2040

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Complete Network

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

Estimated Cost

* Construction cost only: does not include potential right-of-way acquisition cost or utility relocation

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Panel Questions