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Council postpones change to construction standards after developers, staff debate slip‑form paving rule
Summary
League City council postponed action on revisions to the city’s design and construction standards manual — including a proposed minimum length for slip‑form (continuously reinforced) concrete paving — after developers raised cost and feasibility concerns and staff recommended allowing engineer discretion.
League City’s City Council on July 8 postponed consideration of revisions to the city’s general design and construction standards manual, including a debated requirement that slip‑form (continuously reinforced concrete) paving be used on roads with more than 10,000 average daily trips and a proposed minimum length for slip‑form sections.
Developer representative Steve Sheldon told the council that most residential paving is done in short developer‑constructed segments and that…
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