Pearland Road Warrior

Traffic tales from northern Brazoria County with Greg May

Texas 288/Beltway 8 work OK’d for stimulus money


More than $489 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will fund transportation projects in the region, according to this Chronicle article.

Locally, $3 million is slated to add right-turn bays and other improvements at Texas 288 and Beltway 8.

South of Angleton, $22 million in stimulus funds will go to widen FM 2004 to four lanes from Texas 288 to Business 288.

As Carolyn Feibel’s article stated, the big requirement for receiving the one-time stimulus funding was that the projects must start soon so they can create jobs and spark the economy.

I’ll check on what other local projects received approval for funding through ARRA.

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5 Responses

  1. Tim says:

    I thought I heard the last section of Beltway 8 in the northeast between 59 and 10 would finally be converted to tollway. Is that being done with money from another source? Or was that project posponed?

    If it was posponed, how can they justify not completing the Sam Houston Tollway when they can spend $181 million on that Grand Parkway connection that isn’t going to help anyone except the builders and investors?

  2. Road Worrier says:

    Is any of this funding slated for the proposed Hughes Ranch Rd. expansion? p.s. I hope not

  3. Anonymous says:

    It seems crazy that they’re just adding right turn lanes, rather than putting in u-turn lanes and a proper interchange.

  4. Mike says:

    How is this STIMULIS MONEY going to help the local economy? I think the money will be sent back to Mexico

  5. Tarponic says:

    More GREAT planning by those running Brazoria County!