Texas Bicycling News December 20th, 2022
Christmas at the Children’s Center
By Sandy Barber | www.ntxe-news.com
Fannin County, Texas — In all, 188 children received Christmas gifts from the Fannin County Children’s Center, thanks to a generous community and many hard-working volunteers and staff.
For the third year in a row, the Children’s Center created a pop-up store to serve the children served by CASA and the Children’s Advocacy Center. Some CASA children were still served the traditional way. The pop-up store gave parents, caregivers or advocates an opportunity to select presents for their children. Each child got one or more books and either a coat, hoodie or pair of shoes. Each family got one family board game, wrapping paper and gift bags. Caregivers were also able to select toys and other gifts using a point system which gave each child 5-10 gifts. …
Texas & Louisiana On the Scene: December 2022
www.enr.com
On Nov. 30, Fluor Corp. announced that its joint venture with Balfour Beatty Infrastructure had completed construction of the $666-million, 10-mile-long Interstate 35-E and U.S. 67 Southern Gateway project in Dallas with all highway lanes officially dedicated and open to traffic. The Fluor-led joint venture was selected in 2017 by the Texas Dept. of Transportation as the design-build and capital maintenance team for the reconstruction and improvement project located along Interstate 35E and U.S. 67 in Dallas. “This is one of the many vital infrastructure projects to improve the I-35E corridor in Dallas in response to business and population expansion in one of the country’s most dynamic regions,” stated Thomas Nilsson, president of Fluor’s infrastructure business. …
… Just two weeks prior, in mid-November, Fluor was celebrating another major milestone for a different Texas DOT contract, this time the groundbreaking of the Interstate 35 Capital Express South project. The project—awarded to Fluor in 2022’s second quarter—will add two non-tolled high-occupancy vehicle managed lanes in each direction along I-35 from SH 71/Ben White Boulevard to SH 45 Southeast. The project also will include the reconstruction of bridges and the addition of pedestrian and bicycle paths. This section of I-35 carries an average of 150,000 vehicles per day …
Houston’s MKT Trail Spur Connector now open in the Heights
By Sofia Gonzalez | www.bizjournals.com
The $1.2 million project includes 850 feet of a 10-foot-wide concrete hike-and-bike trail, along with stormwater upgrades, a retaining wall and safety railings.
New MKT Spur Connector improves bike, hike access in Houston Heights
Ashley Brown | www.houstonpublicmedia.org
The connector was completed a few months ago and the city has since added additional safety railings and retaining walls and stormwater drainage to help prevent flooding along the trails.
Hike and bike trail connectivity has just gotten better in the Houston Heights area now that work on a new connector is complete. The City of Houston held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday to celebrate the new MKT Spur Connector that connects the MKT and White Oak Bayou Greenway Trails.
The $1.2 million project is a 850 ft. long and 10 ft. wide trail that allows residents to travel from the MKT Hike and Bike Trail to Stude Park, connecting to what used to be a dead end under Studemont Street.
"The MKT Spur Connector fills a major gap for the city’s bike network," said …
Fast Group Cycling 2022
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Texas Biking from Twitter
850 ft does make a huge difference. I feel like this connector under 610 deserves a similar celebration after learning about its history in a bike houston ride. Maybe @googlemaps will include it someday… @BryanDotson13 pic.twitter.com/0Alh1tMRKa
— Simon (@simontrose) December 20, 2022
More awesome stuff happening to make people infrastructure a reality. Don't let the car people take away our choice to walk and roll safely. Grand.openimg of the White Oak Bayou connector. Thank you @VeronicaODavis @AbbieKamin pic.twitter.com/JPBSXL8ewQ
— Prioritize people over cars #fatboyonabike (@gratifihouston) December 20, 2022
We’re at Stude Park to celebrate the official opening of the MKT Connector! pic.twitter.com/otKM316xcX
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) December 20, 2022
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