H-GAC taking public comment on 290 / 610 / 10 intersection makeover

TX bond funds to pay for it

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jan 25, 12.

The Loop 610, US 290, I - 10 interchange may be reconstructed in the coming years, with the recent availability of state bond funds. The Houston - Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC) has opened a public comment period and will conduct a public meeting to consider adding the project in the current Transportation Improvement Plan, according to an H-GAC email:

H-GAC is announcing the opening of a 30-day public comment period to give the public an opportunity to review and provide comments on Amendment No. 41 to the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan Update (RTP). This amendment would program $162 million of state bond funding for the US 290/IH 610 interchange.
· TIP Amendment 41 (pdf)
The public comment period began on Sunday, January 22, 2012, and will end on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm. A public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2011, at the H-GAC office, 3555 Timmons Lane, 2nd Floor Conference Room A, Houston, TX 77027, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The public is encouraged to attend this meeting and provide comments to H-GAC. All written comments may be submitted to Transportation Public Information, Houston-Galveston Area Council, P.O. Box 22777, Houston, TX 77227-2777, emailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or faxed to (713) 993-4508.

The reconstruction of the bottleneck intersection has been part of a larger proposal to redo the entire 290 corridor, which was taken out of the TIP in 2010 due to lack of funding.