Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Identifying a Proposed Laud Howell Parkway Alignment from Trinity Falls Parkway to FM1461/Lake Forest Drive
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: May 3, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, CIP and Transportation Engineering Manager
Nick Ataie, PE, CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff) has been working with City Staff and the public to evaluate several different feasible alignments of Laud Howell Parkway from Trinity Falls Parkway to FM1461/Lake Forest Drive including several bridge options for a future crossing over Honey Creek.
* Based on a detailed evaluation of each alignment and bridge option, Halff and City Staff are recommending the approval of a Resolution identifying the proposed (Hybrid) alignment of Laud Howell Parkway from Trinity Falls Parkway to FM1461/Lake Forest Drive which provides the least impact to adjacent property owners while providing the best opportunity for strategic and economic growth of the Northwest Sector based on recent and ongoing updates to the Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* In 2009, the City Council approved an alignment for Laud Howell Parkway from US 75 to FM 1461/Lake Forest Drive.
* Over the past six years, the City has developed a sector plan for the northwest sector and property ownership along the approved alignment has changed.
* In an effort to provide the most appropriate location for this principal arterial with regard to development within the northwest sector as well as crossing the Honey Creek floodplain, a comprehensive review of alignment alternatives is needed.
* In January 2016, City Staff obtained a consulting firm, Halff Associates (Halff), to evaluate potential changes to the approved alignment of...
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