The City of Houston has started a large Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) project to rebuild Memorial Drive from Kirkwood to Eldridge. This is a mobility project that when finished, will solve many of the traffic problems we now experience.
The latest information on this project can be found on District G's website
Construction Has Begun
Supporting Project Data:
Overhead Drawings showing revised median openings - received 5/7/2014
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Preliminary Engineering & Design - Contract document for Memorial CIP preliminary engineering
Tech Review Committee presentation on the Eldridge/Memorial Intersection redesign. This is an example of the process PWE uses to determine the design solution. Warning - this is a very large file.
Tech Review Presentation 2/21/12 - Warning 22M
Access Management Study - Dated April 2013 (now obsolete)
Appendix E, overhead views (opens another page)
Access Management Study - Dated October 22 2013
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PWE Access Management Comment Form - Please send to PWE by Nov 22.
The community is working on decorative lighting and planting the green spaces to make this project more attractive.
Lighting Project:
Beautification Project:
Adopt An Esplanade - For more info see Green Houston programs
Background and Historical Documents
Super Neighborhood Infrastructure Committee Recommendations
The SN recommendations were collected by the Infrastructure Committee over a period of several months and those recommendations were sent as a letter to Council Member Pennington on August 12, 2010.
The Energy Corridor Management District sent their recommendations in August 2010.
SBISD sent their recommendations in September 2010.
SN letter of support for Memorial Drive CIP outlining the anticipated growth in the area (9/27/2012)
COH letter acknowledging the SN letter of support (10/5/2012)
Mayor Parker's response (10/9/2012)
Infrastructure Committee Generated:
Rob Benz's Memorial Project Overview (presented to SN Meeting on Nov 28, 2011)
Rob's pictures of the Memorial Project (pictures taken at the Nov 30, 2011 public meeting)