Texas Bicycling Action – February 1, 2023
Houston city council facing costly decision on bike lanes in Third Ward
By Briana Conner | abc13.com
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s city council members will make a big decision about a construction project in Third Ward on Wednesday. It’s designed to improve drainage and safety in the area, but people who live there said they never signed on to this.
The project involving the county, the city, and Texas Southern University has already started on Blodgett. It takes a four-lane road down to two, with the addition of bike lanes on both sides. The county is footing most of the bill for construction. Precinct 1 has agreed to consider pausing construction to redesign the project, but that would come at an $8 million to $9 million cost for the city.
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