Grand Parkway to serve The Woodlands and ExxonMobil Campus areas.

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The Grand
y
Parkway
Association
Presentation to the
Woodlands Lions Club
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January 24, 2013

2. Grand Parkway/SH99
Project History
1961 - Concept proposed
1968 - Included in Houston
General Study Plan for
1990
1983 - First 31 miles on west
side d i
id designated as
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SH99
1984 - Entire loop designated
as SH99
1984 - The GPA is created
1994 - Opened IH10 to US59

3. Grand Parkway/SH99
Project Concept
 Scenic Highway
 Freeway type facility providing free flow around the
metro area and access to all existing radial freeways
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 Provide an additional hurricane/emergency
evacuation route
 A partnership between the state, local governments,
agencies, and landowners
 Planned in advance so that future development and
the project complement one another

4. Grand Parkway / SH99
Project Development Process
PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III
UNIVERSE OF REASONABLE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVE
Scoping and Draft Environmental Final Environmental
Project Development Impact Statement and Impact Statement and
Public Hearing Record of Decision

5. Grand Parkway/SH99
What’s been Planned
 184 miles total project length
 Separated into 11 segments based
on radial freeway network
 86 miles, Segments D, E, F-1, F-2,
G and I-2 have received final
environmental clearance
 92 miles, Segments B, C, and
H & I 1 are in various stages of
I-1 i i t f
environmental review
 6 miles, Segment A, Feasibility
Study i
St d is complete
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6. Grand Parkway/SH99
What has Happened
 Segment D opened in 1984
 Segment I-2 opened in 2008
 Seven area counties accepted
“Primacy” in 2009
 Fort Bend County is developing
its portion of Segment D
 Harris, Montgomery & Chambers
have given the project back to
TxDOT for development
 TxDOT begin tolling Segment I-2
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in November 2011

7. Grand Parkway/SH99
What’s Now (Segment E)
Segment E: IH10 to US290, 15 miles
 Designed by Harris County
 Includes mainlanes from south of
IH10 to US290, 2 direct ramps at
IH10 and 4 direct ramps at US290
 Contracts awarded by TxDOT
 Hassel Construction
 WW W bb
Webber
 Williams Brothers
 JD Abrams
 NTP given September 2011
 Completion in December 2013

8. Grand Parkway/SH99
What’s Next (Seg F1, F2 & G)
Segments F-1, F-2 and G, 38 mi
US290 to SH249 to IH45 to US59
 Traffic & Revenue Analysis
 Design Build v Concession
 5 DB teams shortlisted Mar 2012
 Proposals received August 2012
 Conditional Award Sept. 2012
 Zachry Construction with
Odebrecht of Brazil were winning
bidders, called the ZOPB team
 Contract negotiations ongoing
 TxDOT sells Bonds March 2013
 Sign DB Contract March 2013
 Begin Construction April 2013
 Open to Traffic December 2015

9. Grand Parkway/SH99 F2 & G
Woodlands/Spring Area

10. Grand Parkway/SH99 F2
North Harris County Area

11. Grand Parkway/SH99 G
South Montgomery County Area

12. Grand Parkway/SH99 G
Property Value Impact
 TxDOT does not track specific property values.
 Here is area wide assessed value information for subdivisions in Fort Bend County
since before construction of Segment D, US59 to I10W, Sugar Land to Katy.
Total AV in selected Fort Bend County Communities along SH99 since 1990
$ ,
$10,000
$9,000
$8,000 Cinco Ranch, Grand Lakes & Seven Meadows
Waterside, Longmeadow Farms & Westpark Lakes
ns)
able Value (Million
$7 000
$7,000 Riverpark & New Territory
Ri k N T i
Greatwood & Canyon Gate areas
$6,000
Grand Opening August 1994
$5,000
Dollars of Taxa
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$4,000
$3,000
$2,000
$1,000
$0
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Year

13. Grand Parkway/SH99
What’s in the Future
 Segments H & I-1, 37 miles,
US59N to US90 to IH10E
 Segment B, 28 miles,
IH45S to SH288
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Segment C, 26 miles,
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SH288 to US59S
 How soon can we construct
Segments H & I 1 B & C or
I-1,
complete Segment I-2?

14. The Grand
Parkway
y
Association
Questions or Comments?

15. Th G d
The Grand
y
Parkway
Association
Presentation to the
Woodlands Lions Club
dl d i l b
January 24, 2013