Archive for September, 2007

Kirby Drive reconstruction plans pose important questions, trade-offs

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Right now, the City of Houston is in the process of reconstructing Kirby Drive south of US-59. It’s part of a FEMA-funded project to install massive storm water culverts under the street to drain rain water to Brays Bayou.

But there’s another Kirby project coming soon that neighbors are starting to talk about.

The Upper Kirby TIRZ […]

TxDOT gets a public earful over Grand Parkway segment C

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

TxDOT and the Grand Parkway Association are hoping to build a fourth “ring road” around the greater Houston region. “Segment C” of the proposed Grand Parkway — SH 99 — would run 26 miles from US 59 at Crabb River Road to SH 288 near Alvin, through Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties (map).

Because planning for […]