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The Bay Area Transportation Partnership and the City of
Webster will host a NASA Parkway Bypass Ground Breaking
Ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 17 at the Webster Civic
Center Complex. After more than ten years of planning, in April 2004, the
Texas Transportation Commission awarded a $40.67 million
contract to Contractor Technology, Ltd., for the construction
of the NASA Parkway Bypass in Webster, Texas. Completion
is slated for April 2007. “This is something that is so important for our area to
help mitigate the terrible problem we have with congestion on
NASA Parkway and I-45, and it is also going to be very
beneficial to us in the event of a hurricane,” said Chairman
of the Bay Area Transportation Partnership Bob Robinson. The 2.7 mile bypass is aimed at alleviating traffic along
the NASA Parkway scenic corridor. TxDOT studies show
that an average of 36,000 motorists a day drive on NASA
Parkway through the City of Webster, with the number reaching
48,000 near the El Camino Real/FM 270 intersection. The four-lane bypass will run from I-45 to just east of the
El Camino Real/FM 270 intersection on NASA Parkway and will be
located just south of Magnolia Avenue between NASA Parkway and
FM 518. The by-pass will include an overpass at Texas 3,
will curve north through Reliant Energy property and then feed
into NASA Parkway at Sarah Dell, just west of the El Camino
Real/FM270 intersection. Keynote speakers for this event will include U.S. House of
Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Harris County Judge
Robert Eckels, Harris County Commissioner Sylvia R. Garcia,
City of Webster Mayor Donna Rogers, City of Nassau Bay Mayor
Don Matter and Texas Department of Transportation District
Engineer Gary K. Trietsch.
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