Title
Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an Agreement to Contribute Right of Way Funds (Fixed Price) with the State of Texas through the Texas Department of Transportation for the Right of Way Project - Farm to Market 646 from FM 3436 to FM 1266 (TxDOT CSJ: 3049-01-033) and payment by the City in an amount not to exceed $217,500 (Executive Director of Capital Projects)
Background:
Approval of this item will authorize an Agreement to Contribute Right of Way Funds (Fixed Price) with the State of Texas through the Texas Department of Transportation for the Right of Way Project - Farm to Market 646 from FM 3436 to FM 1266 (TxDOT CSJ: 3049-01-033) and payment by the City in an amount not to exceed $217,500. Since environmental clearance on the original project FM 646 from I-45 to Bayshore Boulevard in May 2011 the section from I-45 to Edmund Way has been constructed as a four-lane divided roadway with a raised median, sidewalks and curb-gutter drainage, which is approximately 1.3 miles of the original project. From west of Edmund Way to Bayshore Blvd, FM 646 is a two-lane undivided rural roadway with no sidewalks, open ditch drainage and an existing at-grade crossing at the railroad tracks. A re-evaluation is being conducted to address proposed design changes to the approved design on FM 646 from Edmund Way to FM 3436. FM 646 serves as a main east-west arterial access routes between I-45 to Bayshore Blvd. It provides a primary connection to I-45 and SH 146, both of which are utilized by commuters to access the surrounding communities of Dickinson, League City and Bacliff. This corridor also serves as a hurricane evacuation route.
TxDOT began detailed engineering design in 2016 for the second portion of the phased FM 646 project from Edmund Way to FM 3436. At that time, TxDOT determined that additional right of way would be necessary for the addition of stormwater detention ponds and for access roadway improvement at the proposed overpass at SH3 a...
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