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Council approves first reading to make part of Cravens Road one-way after engineers cite seven train-related crashes
Summary
City Engineer Vincenzo Carraza told council Cravens Road near US‑90A has had seven train-related crashes from 2021–2025; council accepted the ordinance’s first reading to convert the segment to one-way, with TxDOT to design and construct using Section 130 safety funds (about $500,000) and the city to maintain the roadway afterwards.
City Engineer Vincenzo Carraza told council that Cravens Road’s intersection with US‑90A includes an at‑grade Union Pacific crossing, heavy commercial truck traffic, and a constrained distance of 43 feet between the highway and railroad tracks. He said there were seven train‑involved crashes at the intersection between 2021 and 2025 and that prior coordination with TxDOT and Union Pacific led to an MOU for TxDOT to design a one‑way conversion.
Carraza said Union Pacific prefers closure but is open to further study for a longer‑term underpass; TxDOT has safety funding to design and construct the one‑way conversion and staff noted the construction schedule is to let the project in spring 2027. Councilmember Brown Marshall moved to accept the first reading of the ordinance as presented, the motion carried unanimously, and council discussed making the ordinance effective upon implementation by TxDOT.
