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On 7/25/2022 at 10:43 AM, editor said:

According to the presentation, this is all about getting the road out of the flood plain during big storms, presumably so people can evacuate.

But you're right — there are a lot more people living in this area than out on 290, so they should do something to make it quieter.

I remember a decade or two ago, there was a big kerfuffle in New Jersey because a highway was renovated and the poor neighborhoods all got sound barriers, while the rich ones didn't.  The Biff and Muffy complained, NJDOT told people that it puts up sound barriers based on population density, and if the McMansion crowd wanted some, they could pay for it themselves.

Sometimes the system works.

TxDOT has been giving most of the recent freeway rebuilds the quiet treatment with longitudinally tined pavement.

I remember hearing that depressed freeways were supposed to be better in floodplains because they can function as spillways during floods and store water that would otherwise flood adjacent neighborhoods. Is there a reason they're not going this route (no pun intended)? Maybe the nearly 22 acre detention pond would take care of that?

On 7/1/2022 at 12:04 AM, Ross said:

Interesting house. Totally unacceptable kitchen, as the range doesn't have enough knobs🤣

I actually like the place, rooms are decent. Furniture is not my style, but they can leave the pool table.

For some reason, the realtor's name is ringing bells in my head from when we lived in Midtown in the late 90's.

Gerald Womack has sold a lot of properties in and around the area for over 40 years now. That's probably why you remember his name.

How's this for a thread resurrection? The house from this album cover is on the market. https://www.har.com/homedetail/3409-n-macgregor-way-houston-tx-77004/3152896

8 hours ago, editor said:

When the interstate highway system was built, that was the intent.  Traffic to a city uses different roads than traffic through a city.  It's why loop roads start with even numbers, and spurs start with odd numbers. 

 

In some small towns, the US highway that the Interstate replaced would deviate from the Interstate and go through town while the Interstate bypassed it. If the US highway was decommissioned, they'd turn it into the Interstate's Business Loop/ Business Route, like Business Loop 45 in towns south of Dallas along routes that were formerly US 75.

How much was rent at the lofts? It never struck me as something that would be considered affordable housing since it was located close to things considered a premium.

On a side note, I was watching some of the uncut interviews in the UH archive from "This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale" and many of the residents living in Riverside Terrace said 288 was a plus to living in the area. 35 years later, some newer residents probably wouldn't agree and would be anti-freeway. Then again, all those suburbs in Pearland didn't exist 35 years ago, and 288 didn't start getting traffic jams until the early 2000s. 🤷🏾‍♂️

32 minutes ago, Triton said:

Sort of poor timing but another contractor is repaving N Main right now. Wish they had waited for the bike lanes to come in so they don't have to remark it twice.

I wondered if that resurfacing was related to this project. Remarking fresh-ish pavement twice irks my OCD. Nothing like brand new markings next to barely grinded down old markings!

4 hours ago, Twinsanity02 said:

Grand Parkway segment H and I are opening today. Good news for those of us who live in this section of the Solar system. 

Would've been great to have when I used to have to drive from the Third Ward area to Huffman. Could've shaved 20 minutes off the drive time. 

Anybody know why they're milling the months old asphalt on Washington between Heights and Studemont?

5 hours ago, Amlaham said:

I just love how this project has been on the drawing board since 2002 and expected to be finished 30 years later. 

 

Dubai did this.....in 6 years 

They also built islands in 10 years....

 

Are we not as advance as we used to think?

We don't need poop trucks to handle the plumbing in our skyscrapers. 

On 4/29/2022 at 8:29 PM, Luminare said:

I'm still amazed that the Gulf Freeway is still under construction. Can't beat that. Gulf Freeway is the Heavyweight champion of the world in never-ending freeway construction.

I used to think people were exaggerating, but they were right. There was a brief period in the late 90s and early 00s when it wasn't under construction. Before that, the construction was upgrading the 50s era divided highway between Houston and Galveston to a full freeway from the 60s to the 80s. When that ended, there was widening from Downtown to the Beltway from the 80s to the 90s. Then they started it all over again with the NASA bypass in the mid 00s as the first stage of the ongoing widening from the Beltway to Galveston. When they finish that, the Gulf Freeway will be torn up near Downtown for the NHHIP. They really do get to one end and start tearing up the other end!

7 hours ago, mattyt36 said:

Can you please provide a translation as to the exact issue that appears to have your panties in a tither? As usual, you just used a bunch of empty and meaningless buzzwords, woke, attack, mob, welfare queen, hatred, etc., etc. Please point out exactly where this “woke mob”touched you. If you’re in the deep distress it appears you are in, please take your meds or contact the appropriate professionals. 

"uppity" gives a big clue as to who hurt him since it's only used in association with only a certain group.

When this extension is complete to Griggs, is it going to remain Spur 5 or is it going to be signed SH35? 

On 2/24/2022 at 6:48 PM, august948 said:

Any thoughts on how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will affect Houston?  Have we seen the last of sub-$100 oil for a while?

Well, one way it's affected Houston is that the AN-225 will never visit again. It was a semi-frequent visitor to IAH.

On 6/24/2021 at 2:54 PM, sapo2367 said:

Triggering for all the East End people 

I know I'm 8 months late, but notice how they labeled neighborhoods miles away, but didn't label Third Ward, which is right adjacent to it. 🙃

15 hours ago, hindesky said:

Took this the other day but couldn't find the topic for it.

I passed by yesterday while driving to work and noticed it. I like that they're restoring the window size back to its former glory. 

19 hours ago, bred said:

In my line of work, I find myself in a lot of new housing developments all over the city, and occasionally I find streets in new subdivisions that have recently been renamed (mostly in Brazoria County).  Usually this is because it is discovered that there is a duplicate or similar street name within the same city.

I've seen County Roads in Brazoria County renamed when they link up with other roads to make a long, continuous street, even going as far as to renumber addresses. Ex: The 2600 block of CR 59 is now the 11600 block of Magnolia Pkwy.

I live across the bayou from these apartments located at 3200 N. MacGregor and Sampson and noticed a few nights ago that it was completely dark at night. No lights whatsoever. I thought it was a power outage until I drove by and saw the parking lot was empty except for 2 cars. I guess they've been abandoned. Did they get bought out or are they undergoing renovations or what?

I realize this is conceptual, and I'm not sure if this was covered earlier in the thread, but this video shows a potential multimodal station with elevated lanes called a REAL Station placed on part of the Pierce Elevated ROW. I think this is a good idea, but isn't the whole reason for moving 45 to eliminate an elevated structure? You can look a little further and see what looks like a connection to the connector ramps that will feed into downtown from the relocated I-45. Does this mean that TxDOT is planning to redevelop the old Pierce Elevated ROW into another type of elevated road structure, and thus keep an elevated road barrier between Downtown and Midtown?

On 1/5/2022 at 1:32 PM, Amlaham said:

The area has plenty of CHEAPER rentable spaces, idk why people like to act like we're limited in space in Houston. 

A quick check on HAR.com shows 2 properties nearest this site renting 1bd/1ba for $2k-2.9k/mo. I wouldn't call that cheap when the average rent in Houston for 1 bedroom is $1200-1300. 

Going by the latest rendering, I guess they're going to build over the remaining RR spur that ran behind Grocer's Supply and replace it with a road? That's too bad. I always thought that would be a good route for a commuter rail line from Pearland, and Levit Green would've been an ideal spot for a Medical Center station with a bus tie-in to the TMC campus. They could've shifted the Columbia Tap trail alignment somewhat to put rail back since the ROW is preserved all the way to the edge of Downtown.

On 12/8/2021 at 4:09 PM, Big E said:

It wasn't just rich people though. Many of the exact same urban interests, including the infamous Sheila Jackson-Lee, opposed 610's expansion and killed that project. Saying it was just "rich white people" who opposed it is simply not true. And 610 has suffered for it ever since.

Who's to say 610 wouldn't still be suffering if they'd gone ahead with the project? The project was killed in the early 90s. Had 610 been expanded as planned in the mid 90s, its not unreasonable to think it would be congested again 25 years later in 2021. Just look at the Katy Freeway. 

More detours starting this weekend. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Houston-288-610-highway-closure-ramp-16629438.php

The site of the ground collapse just south of 610 reopened on Sunday morning. 

9 hours ago, Houston19514 said:

Just curious... are there updated schematics?

All I've seen are the schematics posted in this thread a few months ago. Construction seems to be corresponding to them pretty closely.