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2017 Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan CITY OF HOUSTON Amendment Request PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
DRAFT RECOMMENDATION REPORT
I – West Houston Mobility Plan and West Chase Mobility Plan 8/11/2017 www.houstontx.gov/planning/transportation/MTFP.html 1
I: Greater West Houston Mobility Plan & Westchase Mobility Plan
APPLICANT: City of Houston Planning and Development Department JURISDICTION: City of Houston PRECINCT: Harris County Pct. 3, 4 City of Houston ETJ DISTRICT: Council Districts A, F, G, J PROPOSAL: The City of Houston Planning and Development Department is requesting the addition, realignment, or deletion of the thoroughfares and collector streets listed in the table below to the Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan (MTFP). The requested amendments were included in the Greater West Houston Mobility Plan and/or the Westchase Mobility Plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City, along with Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), Harris County, West Houston Association, Westchase District, Energy Corridor District, and Memorial District completed the Greater West Houston Mobility Plan in 2015. The plan was part of the continued effort to advance the recommendations from the City Mobility Planning (CMP) Phase I (see the Appendix on the last page of this report for more information on CMP). The purpose of the study was to determine appropriate multi-modal transportation infrastructure solutions to address the short- and long-term mobility needs of the West Houston area. The study area was bounded by Campbell Road, Blalock Road, and Fondren Road to the east; Bellaire Blvd. to the south; SH 99 (Grand Parkway) to the west; and FM 529 to the north.
The West Houston area is a rapidly growing part of the region that has seen large population and employment growth in recent decades. Population in the area is projected to increase 35 percent by 2040, reaching upwards of 900,000 persons, up from approximately 600,000 in 2010. The study area is also a major economic engine of the region which houses approximately 14 percent of the region’s jobs, and is expected to continue its employment growth in the coming decades. Additionally, the West Houston area contains both the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, covering approximately one quarter of the study area. Both reservoirs also present mobility challenges to the area due to very few existing thoroughfares connecting across either reservoir. This puts added pressure and congestion on IH 10, which will only be exacerbated in the future. The projected population and employment growth, coupled with very few existing connections across the reservoirs and the increasing congestion on IH 10, will present mobility challenges in the area unless coordinated short- and long-term investments are made in the area’s multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
The Westchase Mobility Plan was completed in January 2017 as part of the Westchase District’s coordinated efforts to improve mobility within the district. The study area roughly follows the management district’s boundary, which is fully within the study area for the West Houston Mobility Plan. The area contains a large number of older larger-tract office and multi-family developments that are likely to redevelop in the near future. The area has similar growth projections as the overall West Houston area, which will present challenges to mobility without a long-term plan that includes investments in multi-modal transportation projects and strategies.
Both the Greater West Houston Mobility Plan and Westchase Mobility Plan include a series of recommendations for improvements to the roadway network, bicycle and pedestrian connections, and transit service. These recommendations were based on a vision for each area that was developed
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through extensive engagement with the general public and local and regional stakeholders. Part of the recommendations for each mobility plan included proposed amendments to the MTFP, some of which are being requested by the Planning and Development Department to be added to the MTFP during this year’s amendment process. The requested amendments, which includes P&D staff’s recommendations, are included on the table below. Additional information on several of the amendments and justification of the recommendation is included following the table.
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Case No. Street Street Segment Amendment Request Recommendation
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1 Elrod Road 1 Morton Ranch Road to Franz Road
Add Elrod Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Morton Ranch Road to Franz Road
APPROVE
2 Elrod Road 1 Clay Road to Morton Ranch Road
Add Elrod Road as a sufficient width minimum 60 ft. ROW minor collector (MN-2-60/70) from Clay Road to Morton Ranch Road
APPROVE
3 Raintree Village Drive 1 Franz Road to Clay Road
Add Raintree Village Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Franz Road to Clay Road
APPROVE
4 Westfield Village Drive 1 Clay Road to Kieth Harrow Blvd.
Add Westfield Village Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Clay Road to Kieth Harrow Blvd.
APPROVE
5a Merchants Way 1 Grand Circle Blvd to Katy Freeway
Add Merchants Way as a sufficient width minimum 90 ft. ROW minor collector (MN-4-90/100) from Grand Circle Blvd. to Katy Freeway
ALTERNATIVE: MJ-4-90/100
APPROVE major collector alternative
5b Westside Pkwy. 3 Colonial Pkwy to Katy Freeway
Add Westside Pkwy as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-4-100) from Colonial Pkwy to IH 10
ALTERNATIVE: MJ-4-100
APPROVE major collector alternative
6 Windsong Trail 1 Clay Road to Kieth Harrow Blvd.
Add Windsong Trail as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Clay Road to Kieth Harrow Blvd.
APPROVE
7 Park Ten Place 1 Katy Freeway to Park Row Drive
Add Park Ten Place as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-4-80/100) from Katy Freeway to Park Row Drive
APPROVE
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8 Addicks-Sastuma Rd / Timber Creek Place 1
FM 529 to SH 6 Add Addicks Sastuma Road / Timber Creek Place as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-2-60) from FM 529 to SH 6
APPROVE
9 Groeschke Road 1 Barker Cypress Road to SH 6
Realign major thoroughfare Groeschke Road from Barker Cypress Road to SH 6
APPROVE
10 Patterson Road 1 Elderidge Pkwy to Brittmoore Road
Add Patterson Road as a major thoroughfare (T-4-100) from Eldridge Pkwy. to Brittmoore Road
APPROVE
11 Witte Road 1 Katy Freeway to Neuens Road
Add Witte Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Katy Freeway to Neuens Road
APPROVE
12 Neuens Road 1 Blalock Road to Gessner Road
Add Neuens Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Blalock Road to Gessner Road
APPROVE
13 W. Wingfoot Road 1 Blalock Road to Windfern Road
Add W. Wingfoot Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Blalock Road to Windfern Road
APPROVE
14 Windfern Road 1 Clay Road to Sommermeyer Steet
Add Windfern Road as a sufficient width minimum 60 ft. ROW minor collector (MN-2-60/80) from Sommermeyer Street to Clay Road
APPROVE
15 Windfern Road 1 US 290 to Hempstead Road
Add Windfern Road as a minor collector (MN-2-60) from US 290 to Hempstead Road
APPROVE
16 Campbell Road / Sommermeyer Street / Roxburgh Drive 3
Tanner Road to Little York Road
Add Campbell Road / Sommermeyer Street / Roxburgh Drive as a major collector (MJ-4-70) from Tanner Road to Little York Road
APPROVE
17 Hempstead Hwy. 3 Gessner Road to Brittmoore Road
Add Hempstead Hwy. as a principal thoroughfare (P-6-120) from Gessner Road to Brittmoore Road
APPROVE
18 WITHDRAWN WITHDRAWN WITHDRAWN WITHDRAWN
19 Greenwind Chase Drive 1 Barker Cypress Road to Fry Road
Add Greenwind Chase Drive as a sufficient width minimum 70 ft. ROW minor collector (MN-2-70/90) from Barker Cypress Road to Fry Road
APPROVE
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20 Baker Road 1 IH-10 to Greenwind Chase
Add Baker Road as a minor collector (MN-2-60) from IH 10 to Greenwind Chase Drive
APPROVE
21 Baker Road 1 Barker Cypress Road to Highland Knolls Drive
Realign major thoroughfare Baker Road from Barker Cypress Road to Highland Knolls Drive
APPROVE
22 Briar Forest Drive 1 SH 6 to Highland Knolls
Add Briar Forest Drive as a major thoroughfare (T-4-100) from SH 6 to Highland Knolls Drive
APPROVE
23 Grand Mission Blvd. 1 Westpark Tollway to Westheimer Pkwy.
Delete major thoroughfare Grand Mission Blvd. from Westpark Tollway to Westheimer Pkwy.
APPROVE
24a Grisby Road 1 SH 6 to City Limit line Add Grisby Road as a major collector (MJ-4-60) from SH 6 to the COH city limit line
DENY
24b Grisby Road 1 City Limit line to Barker Cypress Road
Add Grisby Road as a major collector (MJ-4-60) from the COH city limit line to Barker Cypress Road
DENY
25 Addicks-Howell Road 1 SH 6 to Katy Freeway Add Addicks-Howell Road as a minor collector (MN-2-60) from SH 6 to Katy Freeway
APPROVE
26 Westlake Park Blvd. 1 Katy Freeway to Memorial Drive
Add Westlake Park Blvd. as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-80/90) from Katy Freeway to Memorial Drive
APPROVE
27 Whittington Drive 1 Dairy Ashford Road to Eldridge Pkwy.
Add Whittington Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Dairy Ashford Road to Eldridge Pkwy.
APPROVE
28a Winkelman Road 1 Bellaire Blvd. to Alief Clodine Road
Add Winkelman Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Alief Clodine Road to Bellaire Blvd.
APPROVE
28b Winkelman Road 3 Bellaire Blvd. to Fort Bend County line
Add Winkelman Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Bellaire Blvd. to the Fort Bend County line
APPROVE
29a Westhollow Drive 1 Westpark Drive to Westheimer Road
Add Westhollow Drive / Sugarland Howell Road as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-4-100) from Westpark Drive to Westheimer Road
APPROVE
29b Howell-Sugarland Road 1 Bellaire Blvd. to Alief Clodine Road
Add Sugarland Howell Road as a sufficient width major collector
APPROVE
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(MJ-4-80) from Bellaire Blvd. to Alief Clodine Road
29c Howell-Sugarland Road 3 Bellaire Blvd. to Fort Bend County line
Add Sugarland Howell Road as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-4-80) from Bellaire Blvd. to the Fort Bend County line
APPROVE
30 Tully Road 1 Katy Freeway to Memorial Drive
Add Tully Road as a minor collector (MN-2-60) from Katy Freeway to Memorial Drive
APPROVE
31 Hayes Road / Lakeside Place
1, 2 Richmond Ave. to Willcrest Drive
Add Hayes Road as a major collector (MJ-4-70) from Richmond Ave. to Willcrest Drive
APPROVE
32a Woodland Park Road 2 Richmond Ave. to Southlake Drive
Add Woodland Park Road as a sufficient width minimum 80 ft. ROW minor collector (MN-2-80/90) from Richmond Ave. to Southlake Drive
APPROVE
32b Southlake Drive/Woodland Park Road 2
Kirkwood Road to Briar Forest Drive
Add Southlake Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-80) from Kirkwood Road to Briar Forest Drive
APPROVE
33 West Houston Center Blvd. Westheimer Road to Westpark Tollway
Add West Houston Center Blvd. as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-4-70/90) from Westheimer Road to Westpark Tollway
APPROVE
34 Meadowglen Lane 1, 2 Rogerdale Road to BW 8
Add Meadowglen Lane as a major collector (MJ-2-80) from Rogerdale Road to Beltway 8
APPROVE
35a Seagler Road / Westcenter Drive 1, 2
Westheimer Road to Westpark Drive
Add Seagler Road / Westcenter Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Westheimer Road to Westpark Drive
APPROVE
35b Seagler Road 2 Westheimer Road to Briar Forest Drive
Add Seagler Road as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Westheimer Road to Westpark Drive
APPROVE
36 Jeanetta Street Westheimer Road to Westpark Drive
Add Jeanetta Street as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-4-60) from Westheimer Road to Westpark Drive
ALTERNATIVE: MJ-4-60
APPROVE major collector alternative
37 Pagewood Lane / Windswept Lane
Fondren Road to Tanglewilde Street
Add Pagewood Lane / Windswept Lane as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60)
APPROVE
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from Fondren Road to Tanglewilde Street
38 Tanglewilde Street Pagewood Lane to Westpark Drive
Add Tanglewilde Street as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Pagewood Lane to Westpark Drive
APPROVE
39a Town Park Drive 1, 2 Gessner Road to Rogerdale Road
Add Town Park Drive / High Star Drive as a sufficient width major collector (MJ-4-100) from Gessner Road to Rogerdale Road
APPROVE
39b Town Park Drive / High Star Drive 2
Rogerdale Road to Boone Road
Add Town Park Drive / High Star Drive as a sufficient width minor collector (MN-2-60) from Rogerdale Road to Boone Road
APPROVE
40 Rogerdale Road 1, 2 Harwin Drive to Bellaire Blvd.
Add Rogerdale Road as a sufficient width minimum 80 ft. ROW major collector (MJ-4-80/90) from Harwin Drive to Bellaire Blvd.
APPROVE
Subscript key:
1 = West Houston Mobility Plan 2 = Westchase Mobility Plan 3 = COH P&D addition, requires property owner notification
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and RECOMMENDATION JUSTIFICATIONS:
Sufficient-width minor collector streets: Several residential streets are being requested to be added as sufficient-width minor collector streets. The streets that are requested to be added as sufficient-width minor collectors already function as minor collector streets by distributing traffic from local streets and subdivisions to the surrounding major thoroughfare network. The sufficient-width descriptor is used to communicate that there is no need for street widening or right-of-way (ROW) widening. Adding a street as a sufficient-width minor collector has no impact to adjacent properties or the existing roadway design. Adding these streets as sufficient-width minor collectors on the MTFP simply communicates the important role that these streets have in providing mobility and access in the surrounding areas.
The following streets are included in this category of amendments: Elrod Road, Raintree Village Drive, Westfield Village Drive, Merchants Way, Westside Parkway, Windsong Trail, Witte Road, Neuens Road, W. Wingfoot Road, Windfern Road, Greenwind Chase Drive, Westlake Park Blvd., Whittington Drive, Winkelman Road, Tully Road, Woodland Park Road, Southlake Drive, Seagler Road, West Center Drive, Jeanetta Street, Pagewood Lane, Windswept Lane, Tanglewilde Street, Town Park Drive (I-39b), High Star Drive.
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Recommendation and Justification:
P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve all requested sufficient width minor collector streets, including those within the City of Houston’s ETJ. Adding the minor collector streets to the MTFP that are identified in this list of amendments is consistent with the process that has been used previously to amend the MTFP by adding collector streets identified in completed mobility studies. The addition of these collector streets will have no impact to existing property owners, but will correctly classify those streets given their importance to the overall transportation network in the West Houston area.
Sufficient-width major collector streets Several streets are being requested to be added as sufficient-width major collector streets. The streets that are requested to be added as sufficient-width major collectors already function as major collector streets by distributing traffic from local streets and minor collector streets to the surrounding major thoroughfare network. The sufficient-width descriptor is used to communicate that there is no need for street widening or right-of-way (ROW) widening. Adding a street as a sufficient-width major collector has no impact to adjacent properties or the existing roadway design. Adding these streets as sufficient-width major collectors on the MTFP simply communicates the important role that these streets have in providing mobility and access in the surrounding areas.
The following streets are included in this category of amendments: Park Ten Blvd., Addicks-Satsuma Road, Timber Creek Place, Westhollow Drive, Howell-Sugarland Road, West Houston Center Blvd., Town Park Drive (I-39a), and Rogerdale Road.
Recommendation and Justification:
P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve all requested sufficient width major collector streets, including those within the City of Houston’s ETJ. Adding the major collector streets to the MTFP that are identified in this list of amendments is consistent with the process that has been used previously to amend the MTFP by adding collector streets identified in completed mobility studies. The addition of these collector streets will have no impact to existing property owners, but will correctly classify those streets given their importance to the overall transportation network in the West Houston area.
Park Ten Blvd. (I-7) Park Ten Blvd. is proposed to be added as a sufficient-width major collector between Park Row Drive and the Katy Freeway. P&D staff have added an alternative to extend the Park Ten Blvd. major collector to proposed Grisby Road (I-24a,b). The additional alternative that P&D is proposing would extend the major collector from an existing underpass of IH 10 to ultimately connect with the proposed Grisby Road major collector. This amendment would impact only the P10 Investment Ltd. property, which was recently platted as Energy Plaza West Office Park, was approved by Planning Commission on 9/3/2015, and recorded on 10/3/2016. Construction of a high-rise hotel is underway on the site, with a detention pond proposed on the east side of the property where the proposed Park Ten Blvd. extension would need to be located. The addition of this proposed major collector will have no impact on the currently under-construction hotel site, but would be added to the MTFP map as a long-term connection if approved by the Planning Commission. The necessary 80 feet of ROW that would be needed in the future to connect Park Ten Blvd. from the eastbound IH 10 frontage road to proposed Grisby Road would need to be dedicated through the platting process if/when the P10 Investment Ltd. property is replatted for redevelopment in the future.
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Recommendation and Justification:
Upon further analysis and review, P&D staff does not recommend including the alternative to extend Park Ten Blvd. to the proposed extension of Grisby Road. P&D staff are recommending that the Planning Commission deny the amendment to extend Grisby Road to Barker Cypress Road. Because of the recommendation for Grisby Road, the alternative to extend Park Ten Blvd. south of the Katy Freeway frontage road would not connect to a future roadway south of the frontage road. Therefore, P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the original amendment request to add Park Ten Blvd. as a major collector between Park Row Drive and the Katy Freeway.
Campbell Road / Sommermeyer Street / Roxburgh Drive (I-16) P&D staff have identified a loop road consisting of Campbell Road, Sommermeyer Street, and Roxburgh Drive as appropriate to be classified as a major collector. South of Tanner Road/Tidwell Road, Campbell Road is classified as a four-lane, 70 ft. ROW major collector. This amendment request would extend that major collector classification along Campbell Road, Sommermeyer Street, and Roxburgh Drive, terminating at West Little York Road. Currently the roadway exists as a two-lane road within 60 to 70 feet of ROW. The proposed major collector classification calls for a four-lane road within 70 feet of ROW. If the amendment is approved, additional ROW dedication would be required by properties along the proposed major collector through the platting process if/when property owners would decide to replat their property for redevelopment. Due to the existing parallel Union Pacific railroad north of Sommermeyer Street, the additional 10 feet of ROW dedication needed to widen Sommermeyer to 70 feet would be required to come exclusively from the properties on the south side of Sommermeyer Street for the section that parallels the railroad tracks. For all other sections of Campbell Road, Sommermeyer Street, or Roxburgh Drive the additional ROW dedication would be split between the properties on either side of the roadway.
Recommendation:
P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission add Campbell Road / Sommermeyer Street / Roxburgh Drive to the MTFP as a major collector (MJ-4-70) from Tanner Road to Little York Road
Hempstead Road (I-17) Hempstead Road is shown on the current MTFP as a six-lane, 120 ft. ROW principal thoroughfare south of Gessner Road. Hempstead Road north of Gessner Road was previously shown on the MTFP map, but was removed incorrectly for an unknown reason sometime around 1993. Since that time, it has remained on the MTFP hierarchy classification table as a six-lane, 120 ft. ROW principal thoroughfare. This MTFP amendment re-adds this section of Hempstead Road between Gessner Road and Brittmoore Road as a principal thoroughfare on the MTFP map to be consistent with its existing designation on the MTFP hierarchy table. This amendment was not proposed as part of the final Greater West Houston Mobility Plan, but P&D staff believe it is an important amendment addition and correction that should be considered at the same time as the Greater West Houston amendment requests.
Recommendation:
P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission add Hempstead Road to the MTFP as a principal thoroughfare (P-6-120) from Gessner Road to Brittmoore Road.
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Grisby Road (I-24a, b) Grisby Road is currently classified on the MTFP as a major collector extending west from SH 6 for 0.6 miles where it then turns north to connect to the eastbound IH 10 frontage road. Amendments I-24a and I-24b propose to extend Grisby as a four-lane, 60 ft. ROW major collector to terminate at Barker Cypress Road. This is seen as a long-term proposed MTFP alignment that would provide a parallel road to IH 10. With Barker Reservoir situated directly south of the frontage road properties, there is no existing east-west roadway parallel to IH 10 until Westheimer Parkway, which is located 4 miles to the south. Adding a major collector connection between Barker Cypress Road and SH 6 would provide additional east-west connectivity along the already congested IH 10 corridor and would provide additional access to and from the frontage road properties along IH 10. The necessary 60 feet of ROW would need to be dedicated by property owners adjacent to the IH 10 frontage if/when they would decide to replat their properties for redevelopment. Grisby Road was previously shown on the MTFP from 1997 to 2002 as a major collector connecting SH 6 and Barker Cypress Road, but was removed for an unknown reason on the 2003 MTFP map. Grisby Road is currently shown on the MTFP Hierarchy Table as extending from SH 6 to the west city limit, which is inconsistent with what is currently shown on the MTFP map.
Recommendation and Justification:
Because Grisby Road was once shown on the MTFP extending to Barker Cypress Road, several properties along the IH 10 frontage road which were impacted by the proposed Grisby Road alignment platted and dedicated ROW from 1997 to 2003. When the roadway was removed from the MTFP in 2003 for unknown reasons, ROW dedication was no longer required of properties along the IH 10 frontage road. Because of this, very little of the proposed Grisby Road corridor has been preserved through ROW dedication. Additionally, there are three locations of MUD utility stations along the corridor positioned exactly where a Grisby Road extension would need to be aligned. This poses another challenge to ever piecing together the ROW needed for a Grisby Road extension in either the short- or long-term.
For all the above reasons, P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission deny the request (I-24a & I-24b) to add Grisby Road as a major collector from existing Grisby Road to Barker Cypress Road.
Hayes Road / Lakeside Place (I-31) Hayes Road was recently reconstructed as a four-lane road within 60 feet of existing ROW. The proposed amendment for Hayes Road requests a four-lane major collector classification within 70 feet of ROW, which would require ten feet of ROW widening. A 70 ft. ROW width would allow for additional room within the roadway ROW for bicycle and pedestrian improvements along this important north-south corridor in the West Houston area, which is an area that has limited continuous north-south connections outside of existing major thoroughfares. Due to existing single-family residential properties along the west side of Hayes Road between Westheimer Road and Lakeside Place Drive, P&D staff is requesting that the additional ROW needed for this section of Hayes Road would be required to come from the east side of the roadway, which is predominantly existing multi-family residential development and the Club Westside tennis club. The additional ROW would need to be dedicated by property owners if/when they replat their property for redevelopment in the future.
Recommendation and Justification:
Hayes Road is a two-mile long continuous north-south corridor that extends from Wilcrest Drive (just south of Buffalo Bayou) to Richmond Avenue. In this area of West Houston, there are very few continuous north-south streets of considerable length outside of the surrounding major
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thoroughfares. Hayes Road currently functions as a typical major collector does by distributing traffic from adjacent subdivisions to the major thoroughfare network. Because of this, P&D staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the amendment to add Hayes Road/Lakeside Place as a major collector (MJ-4-70) from Richmond Avenue to Wilcrest Drive, with the condition that the additional ROW dedication be required from the properties on the east side of the roadway from Westheimer Road to Wilcrest Drive.
APPENDIX:
The West Houston Mobility Plan report can be downloaded here: http://www.h-gac.com/taq/sub_regional/gw_houston.aspx
The Westchase Mobility Plan can be downloaded here: http://www.westchasedistrict.com/pdf/Westchase Mobility Report - Final Report - Compressed.pdf
Information about City Mobility Planning (CMP) can be found here: http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/transportation/CMP.html
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BW
8
CLAY
PEEK
TANNER
IH 10
BAKER
LITTLE YORK
MASO
N
WESTHEIMERE
LDR
IDG
E
GR
AN
D
IH 10
IH 10
FRY
PEEK
GE
SS
NE
R
FM 529
WESTPARK
SH
6WESTPARK
Barker Reservoir
Addicks Reservoir
2526
30
27
35a
38
37
36
40
33
31
11
12
13
15
14
8
7
6
4
31
2
5b5a
28a
20
19
16
32a
32b 35b
28b
29a
29b
29c
39a
39b
22
21
24
10
23
34
9
17
22 22
Sufficient widthTo be widenedProposed
To be widenedProposed
To be widenedProposed
To be widenedProposed
Sufficient width
Sufficient width
Sufficient width
Not in studies, Notification req.
LegendFreeway / Toll Road
Major Throughfare
Major Collector
Minor Collector
AmendmentsAdd / RealignDeleteReclassify street classReclassify # of lanesReclassify ROW width
COH City Limit
COH Limited Service
COH ETJ
West Houston study boundary
West Houston Mobility Plan & Westchase Mobility Plan | MTFP Amendment s
99
99
99
99
99