Identified as a top priority during the development of the District’s Parks Master Plan, this portion of trail was the first phase of over two miles of planned trails to provide connectivity and recreation for District residents.
EHRA assisted with the district creation of Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 126 to accommodate a ±329 acre master planned community located in northern Montgomery County in the City of Conroe, south of League Line Road, west of Longmire Road, and adjacent to Lake Conroe.
Identified as a top priority during the development of the District’s Parks Master Plan, this portion of trail was the first phase of over two miles of planned trails to provide connectivity and recreation for District residents.
This project was the second phase of parks implementation outlined in the District's Parks Master Plan, which was completed by EHRA in 2007. Utilizing the site of a recently demolished former wastewater treatment plant provided an opportunity to create a passive park space for District residents.
Engineering design and construction phase services of water, sewer, drainage and paving for four subdivision sections and off-site channel (123 acres out of a 400 acre subdivision). There was 60-feet of elevation difference on this site and wooded lots were left in their natural state which required the installation of retaining walls.
Everyone in Houston knows how much traffic there can be on any given day at any given time. Roadways are changing in Missouri. Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDIs) is the new, innovative, and complex design. Drivers are diverted to the left side of the road prior to merging onto the roadway.
This innovative design is saving lives. According to Science Daily, “By analyzing more than 10,000 crash reports of DDIs in Missouri and in states that have adopted the designs, civil engineers have determined that overall crashes decreased by more than 50 percent nationwide. Additionally, fatal and injury crashes decreased by more than 70 percent, proving these cutting-edge designs are efficient, effective and life-saving.”
Diverging Diamond Interchanges divert drivers that are departing roadways by calling for traffic to drive on the left side, which improves safety by removing left-turning conflicts. Traffic flow is also improved.
Although this may look like an unusual design, it helps with the flow of traffic and is safer for drivers. With this taking place around Missouri, there’s no doubt that it will follow in other states as well.
Source: Science Daily