Timnwendy Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 A pile of metal poles has been delivered to the intersection of Half Moon Bay/Southern Trails Drive and 518. This looks suspiciously like the materials for the stop light we were told would be put in at that intersection. I hope this is what it is, because those stop signs are dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodlemonger Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Yes, I hope you're right about those poles. My question is whether or not we'll have to wait for the whole north side of the road to be completed before any section is opened for traffic.A pile of metal poles has been delivered to the intersection of Half Moon Bay/Southern Trails Drive and 518. This looks suspiciously like the materials for the stop light we were told would be put in at that intersection. I hope this is what it is, because those stop signs are dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Dunno, noodlemonger.One of our neighbors just emailed to say a similar pile of poles is sitting further west, near the newly-rebuilt intersection of Kingsley Drive/Co. Rd. 48 and 518. It looks like they may erect that stoplight sometime soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Have y'all noticed how wide those medians are going to be between the lanes on the new stretches of 518? Why didn't they just make the road 3 lanes both ways? They still could have had a small landscaped median in the middle. I guess they didn't have the extra funds to do this. Oh well, maybe a few years down the road this can be done (like they did for the east part of Bay Area Blvd in Clear Lake). At least they were smart enough to make this section of 518 wide enough to accommodate future widening from the middle, unlike the stretches of 518 east of 288. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plee Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Have y'all noticed how wide those medians are going to be between the lanes on the new stretches of 518? Why didn't they just make the road 3 lanes both ways? They still could have had a small landscaped median in the middle. I guess they didn't have the extra funds to do this. Oh well, maybe a few years down the road this can be done (like they did for the east part of Bay Area Blvd in Clear Lake). At least they were smart enough to make this section of 518 wide enough to accommodate future widening from the middle, unlike the stretches of 518 east of 288.I pretty sure it was all about cost, wonder if there will be street lights on the otherside? The east bound exit to 518 from the Kids R Kids will be interesting, I'm assuming there will be a light at the entrance to Southern Trails so the stopped traffic will have to make sure they leave room from the cars trying to cross... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 I pretty sure it was all about cost, wonder if there will be street lights on the otherside? The east bound exit to 518 from the Kids R Kids will be interesting, I'm assuming there will be a light at the entrance to Southern Trails so the stopped traffic will have to make sure they leave room from the cars trying to cross...Yes, there will be a light at the intersection of 518 and Southern Trails Drive/Half Moon Bay. You can see the pile of shiny steel frame laying in the grass right now; this is for the traffic light. There is a similar pile at Kingsley Dr. and 518, further west, where another traffic light will be.Not sure what you meant by "street light", but I am fairly sure they will be spaced out all along this stretch of 518, since it is slated to have commerical development along it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plee Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Yes, there will be a light at the intersection of 518 and Southern Trails Drive/Half Moon Bay. You can see the pile of shiny steel frame laying in the grass right now; this is for the traffic light. There is a similar pile at Kingsley Dr. and 518, further west, where another traffic light will be.Not sure what you meant by "street light", but I am fairly sure they will be spaced out all along this stretch of 518, since it is slated to have commerical development along it too.Currently, there are only street lights on the east bound side of 518 so just wondering if there will be on the west bound side (so far no poles that I've seen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Today workmen are erecting the traffic light poles at the intersection of 518 and Half Moon Bay/Southern Trails Drive. The plan might be to turn on the traffic lights there at the same time they open up both the eastbound and westbound lanes of 518 along this new stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamo Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Today workmen are erecting the traffic light poles at the intersection of 518 and Half Moon Bay/Southern Trails Drive. The plan might be to turn on the traffic lights there at the same time they open up both the eastbound and westbound lanes of 518 along this new stretch.I saw this morning the poles up. They look huge for that intersection. I also saw a new house being built on the ST Enclave section just west of Kingsley.... Those will be very close to 518 once is finished!Please also take note regarding the 288 feeders construction..... Hughes Ranch - 288 Closure Notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 how long before it connects with 521? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 how long before it connects with 521?Unknown....but my guess is sometime in 2009. You can see they are already working on the section between Kingsley (Co. Rd 48) and 521. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 how long before it connects with 521?At the going rate I'll guess April 30 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 I drove by the intersection of Kingsley and 518 yesterday. The metal poles there for the traffic lights have not been erected, so it looks like the lights there will not be turned on at the same time as the ones at 518 and Southern Trails Drive. On a brighter note, I saw that they have started laying concrete in the lanes between Kingsley and 521, so I think it's looking good that section will also open sometime in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plee Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I drove by the intersection of Kingsley and 518 yesterday. The metal poles there for the traffic lights have not been erected, so it looks like the lights there will not be turned on at the same time as the ones at 518 and Southern Trails Drive. On a brighter note, I saw that they have started laying concrete in the lanes between Kingsley and 521, so I think it's looking good that section will also open sometime in 2009.My guess is they probably will wait to get the traffic lights working before opening the other lanes.Also, they built a new sidewalk on the east bound side but of course there are no street lights on that side right now... Wonder if they will build one for the other side also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I took a driving tour through the new development going on in The Enclave section of Southern Trails. My interest was peaked when I got to Windward Bay Drive. They have made alot of progress there. It's going to be another nicely landscaped entrance into the Enclave, complete with extra-wide streets and cobblestone (like the other main entrance into ST at Half-Moon Bay. Should look really nice when completed, and that section of 518 opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 The two new westbound lanes of 518 were opened to traffic yesterday. The traffic lights are not hooked up yet, but at least this is an improvement in the traffic flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plee Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 The two new westbound lanes of 518 were opened to traffic yesterday. The traffic lights are not hooked up yet, but at least this is an improvement in the traffic flow.They also put in sidewalks on the south side of 518 (east bound).Though I still wonder if they will put up street lights on the north side of 518 (west bound)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plee Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 The two new westbound lanes of 518 were opened to traffic yesterday. The traffic lights are not hooked up yet, but at least this is an improvement in the traffic flow.I hope they redo the lanes just after Kirby, right now the middle lane ends up as the left lane (two lane road) after Kirby and left lane still needs to merge as it ends?!? The middle lane should be the right lane and left lane but the left lane on the 2 lane stretch (right lane is right turn only before Kirby) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Has anybody else noticed how the 35 mph speed limit on this new stretch is routinely ignored? Considering the area is still a construction zone, with traffic fines doubled, you'd think people would slow down from the 50 mph+ speeds I am seeing all the time. I'm sure the Pearland PD will soon find this stretch of road a favorite place to rack up the revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I hope they redo the lanes just after Kirby, right now the middle lane ends up as the left lane (two lane road) after Kirby and left lane still needs to merge as it ends?!? The middle lane should be the right lane and left lane but the left lane on the 2 lane stretch (right lane is right turn only before Kirby) Thanks for pointing that out. It nearly got me into a fender-bender last Sunday. Worse my wife was in the car. Has anybody else noticed how the 35 mph speed limit on this new stretch is routinely ignored? Considering the area is still a construction zone, with traffic fines doubled, you'd think people would slow down from the 50 mph+ speeds I am seeing all the time. I'm sure the Pearland PD will soon find this stretch of road a favorite place to rack up the revenue. I'd done 50 mph a couple times already, before realising it and slowing down. Perhaps I'm one of those you saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 The street signs at Half Moon Bay/Southern Trails Drive are not correct. One of my neighbors reported this to the Pearland Street Dept, and they opened a work order to correct them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 On Wednesday of this week, landscaping crews began planting trees in the new medians between Kirby and Half Moon Bay/ST Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 The landscaping of the medians is almost complete, but they still are not sodded. However, the sprinkler systems are now functioning, and coming on in the mornings. This is making most of the water run off into the streets. Looks like typical mistiming of work between the contractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yesterday, the traffic lights at Kingsley/518 and Southern Trails Dr/Half Moon Bay/518 were activated. I think the stretch of 518 between Kingsley and Almeda Rd is still not open, though. I will confirm that soon (unless one of you beats me to it here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamo Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Yesterday, the traffic lights at Kingsley/518 and Southern Trails Dr/Half Moon Bay/518 were activated.That new light takes forever if you are turning left from Half Moon Bay into 518 East! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 That new light takes forever if you are turning left from Half Moon Bay into 518 East! I think they take too long to turn left from 518 into Southern Trails Dr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Today a new section of 518 was opened up west of Kingsley Drive. I explored it to see if it was open all the way to 521. It was not. 518 was blocked off at the westernmost entrance to SCR at Windward Bay Drive. It did look like they will open it up all the way to 521 soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 Drove it again yesterday. 518 still dead-ends at the western connection of Windward Bay Drive. The entrance to Windward Bay is open there, and residents of SCR are rapidly discovering this route to 518. The entrance to The Enclave at Southern Trails at 518 and Windward Bay is still not open. They have not even removed the curb there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timnwendy Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Some of my neighbors contacted the city's street dept and were able to get the timings changed at the traffic light at 518/Half Moon Bay. The waits for light changing is now shorter.Yesterday I noticed work crews were spraying hydro-mulch (blue-green stuff) in the middle of the landscaped medians, where no grass had been sodded. Hopefully, this might jump-start the growth there. We really need that to happen, so the early-morning sprinklers there will stop wasting water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I notice that you refer to Broadway west of 288 as 518. You do know that the FM 518 designation actually terminates at 288, right? Broadway east of 288 is Broadway Dr./FM 518, while it's just Broadway Dr. west of 288. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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