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Fulshear EDC approves $50,000 feasibility study to test underpass option for Westpark Toll Road
Summary
The City of Fulshear Development Corporation approved funding to pay the full cost—about $50,000—of an engineering feasibility study to determine whether the Westpark Toll Road can be routed below grade through downtown via an underpass rather than an elevated structure.
The City of Fulshear Development Corporation voted to fund a feasibility study to test whether the Westpark Toll Road can pass under State Highway 1093 through the downtown area, approving payment of the approximately $50,000 proposal and directing staff to forward a resolution to city council for its required findings and approval.
The vote follows a presentation by Gary Shaws, Fulshear’s public works director, who outlined concerns about an elevated toll-road structure bisecting downtown and presented an underpass and roundabout-based alternative designed to preserve north–south connectivity, reduce noise, and support multimodal access. The board approved paying the full study cost and agreed to forward a resolution to the city council so the expenditure can be authorized under the corporation’s statutory project…
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