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Council hears regional growth forecast and warns Friendswood will feel neighboring developments' traffic impacts
Summary
Houston-Galveston Area Council projections and nearby master-planned developments prompted council discussion about infrastructure, FM 518 study and TxDOT timelines for turn-lane improvements at 528/518.
Council member Sally Branson and City Manager Murad Kabiri presented an overview of a Houston-Galveston Area Council regional growth forecast June 2 that projects population growth across the region and noted nearby large residential developments that could increase commuter traffic through Friendswood.
"We were at 7,000,000 [in 2020]. The guesstimation is that in 2050, we will be at 10,700,000," Council member Sally Branson said, summarizing the HGAC forecast.
Branson and Murad Kabiri described multiple large projects just…
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