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2016 mobility bond corridor work moves into construction; costs, coordination with TxDOT and drainage cited as constraints
Summary
Capital Delivery Services briefed the committee on progress and constraints for corridor projects funded by the 2016 mobility bond, reporting $255 million spent to date, roughly $100 million in leveraged funds, and a construction ramp-up in 2025 that will require coordination with TxDOT and watershed protection for several corridors.
Capital Delivery Services told the Mobility Committee on Jan. 23 that the 2016 mobility bond corridor program has moved from planning into a construction phase but faces cost and interagency coordination challenges that changed original delivery plans.
"When the bond was approved, the plans throughout the corridors were in a concept level plan and not fully developed," said Eric Bailey, deputy director of Capital Delivery Services. As design work matured, teams discovered substantial stormwater and utility needs tied to adding sidewalks and shared-use paths; those drainage requirements in some corridors transformed what were intended as modest transportation projects into much larger, more expensive infrastructure efforts.
Bailey reported that the program has completed about $255,000,000 in spending…
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