By John Lowman
The Facts
Published March 26, 2009
ANGLETON — They’re not the kinds of changes people usually notice when driving by, but they’re designed to eventually make the trip to work or school easier.
Brazoria County Commissioners this week approved continued funding for a dozen road projects, mostly for drainage, right of way purchases and engineering to improve transportation in the northern part of the county. The majority of work is part of the ongoing $50 million mobility bond package passed by voters in 2004, County Engineer Gerald Roberts said.
“A lot of it is drainage, and we can’t get the designs finished until we get the right of way, and get drainage plans done,” he said.
Roberts said $95,000 in drainage changes along CR 48 and CR 58 are required. CR 58 is south of Pearland, near the Rodeo Palms subdivision and stretches west from Highway 288 to CR 48, or the old Airline Highway in Manvel. The CR 48 project goes from Highway 6 north to Mustang Bayou.
About 10 acres is needed along the roadways for detention ponds and ditches. Engineers had an overall drainage plan but needed more information to finalize that plan and move ahead with widening of the two roads, he said.
“To advance this project, we needed drainage outfalls,” Roberts said.
The court also approved $95,000 for engineering, traffic signals and continued work along CR 48 from Highway 6 to CR 894 at Mustang Bayou in Precinct 4, and another $37,800 on CR 48 and CR 58 for drainage and right of way.
The majority of that money is drainage-related, but some will be used for traffic signals and signs, Roberts said.
“We originally didn’t plan to have a traffic signal at County Roads 48 and 58, but further study warranted it,” he said. “We’ll build it and Pearland will maintain it.”
Commissioners agreed to spend $38,900 on mapping and engineering along the east-west CR 101 in Precinct 2, just north of CR 58 at Mustang Bayou near Sedona Lakes. They also agreed to $36,000 for bridge construction on CR 63 at North Hayes Creek in Precinct 2, east of Highway 288 near Iowa Colony City Hall.
Also this week, commissioners OK’d $35,000 for engineering and design services for a bridge on CR 723 in Quintana, in Precinct 1; $24,500 for work along CR 101 in Precinct 2; and $2,600 for right of way along CR 74, or Apollo Road, in Precinct 4 behind Cold River Ranch subdivision.
Pearland residents who live off McHard Road asked Brazoria County commissioners to look into repairs and traffic changes on that thoroughfare as the county covered a dozen road-related issues Tuesday.
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This is all good and dandy, I will admit these roads needed work. My question is with the road construction on County Road 58, is it just me or is the new road sitting 4 feet higher than it should? My concern the homes that were already here with the road that high we are looking at flooding and not a little, it would be alot. And the drainage they talk about, are too high to drain our land we live on. Concerned citizen.
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