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Council approves amended TxDOT funding agreement for citywide traffic signal upgrades
Summary
Council authorized an amendment to an advanced funding agreement with TxDOT and approved a related budget amendment to enable construction of a multi‑intersection signalization, communications and traffic‑management project funded primarily through HGAC/FTA/CMAQ sources; city share will increase to match higher design and construction estimates.
City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the city’s advanced funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to advance a traffic signalization and mobility improvement project (TR2022) and then adopted a related budget amendment to provide the required local match.
Megan Campbell, capital projects and grants manager, told council the project was initiated through an HGAC call for projects in 2018 and is now advancing toward construction after design work. Rising costs and supply‑chain impacts increased the engineer’s construction estimate from about $866,000 to roughly $2.1 million; staff said HGAC would maintain an 80/20 grant‑to‑local split, so the city share rose accordingly. The project scope includes upgraded controllers and communications (fiber and wireless), vehicle detection sensors, CCTV cameras for monitoring, and software to enable centralized timing and a traffic‑management capability that staff expects to operate from a city facility.
Campbell said TxDOT will administer construction and bid the work; city staff emphasized that the state’s procurement and contracting would likely produce better construction pricing and that TxDOT will build the project on the city’s behalf. Councilmembers described common local complaints — long waits at multiple signals and poor progression during peak periods — and said the combination of hardware, detection and software should improve corridor progression and reduce idling. Staff also noted the project’s environmental rationale: it was funded with congestion mitigation/air quality money to reduce vehicle idling.
Council then approved a budget amendment moving appropriations within the Metro Fund and authorizing a transfer to the capital grant fund so TxDOT can proceed; the appropriation and matching transfer were adopted unanimously. Staff said the project schedule anticipates construction in the fall and that additional timing studies and follow‑up phases for other signal and zoning projects will be presented separately.
Ending: Council approved the funding agreement amendment and the budget transfer; staff will finalize design, complete TxDOT review and bring the project to construction bidding and later monitoring of timing and progression once equipment is installed.
