Who is Completing the Application?

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Megan Campbell

Planner

713-802-5325

[email protected]

Primary Agency Information

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Texas Department of Transportation - Houston

Quincy Allen

District Engineer

713-802-5000

[email protected]

7600 Washington Avenue

Houston

TX

77007

Additional Agency Information

Project Information

SH 288/Rodeo Palms Pkwy Grade Separation

Brazoria County

SH 288

At Rodeo Palms Pkwy

SH 288 traverses Harris and Brazoria Counties between Houston and Freeport and provides a vital route for commuters, freight and commercial trucking, and is a hurricane evacuation route. Population increases associated with new residential subdivisions within the area of the SH 288 corridor have increased the number of vehicles using the highway as a primary travel route along much of the corridor. Residential and commercial development is projected to continue in the area over the next 20 years. As travel demand increases, mobility is projected to deteriorate to unacceptable levels with congestion extending south to SH 6 and eventually to CR 60. The current SH 288/Rodeo Palms Pkwy intersection is an at-grade intersection which creates mobility, safety, and roadway efficiency issues. Improving congestion on this facility could save users in excess of 70,000 hours of travel time per lane-mile. Congestion is adversely affecting the travel time and reliability for freight movement. The truck volume on the facility is roughly 6,051 trucks per day and this represents 8.0% percent of the facility's AADT. 

Construct grade separation at SH 288 and Rodeo Palms Pkwy

Continued growth and congestion warrant the replacement of the at-grade intersection at SH 288/Rodeo Palms Pkwy with an overpass. The construction of this grade separation will improve mobility, reduce congestion, improve safety, and allow SH 288 and Rodeo Palms Pkwy to operate more efficiently and reliably. 

No

Yes

0598-02-111

Less than $100 million

(Manage) Access Management/Safety/Grade Separations

13640000

TXDOT_HOU_HGAC2018CFP.PDF

Project Development/Readiness

30% PS&E

Environmental Assessment (EA)

01/30/2015

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

30%

No

08/21/2021

No

Anticipated US Army Corps of Engineers Permits: Nation Wide Permit (NWP). Utilities are minor. ROW is mostly existing and has been cleared. 

Map/Location

Map_HOU_36_HW_SH288.pdf

Project Budget

HOU_36_HW_SH288 Project Budget Worksheet.xlsx

No

Planning Factors - Connectivity to Employment/Eliminates At-Grade Railroad Crossings

Yes

1 - 500 Jobs

No

Planning Factors - Environmental Justice

Yes

Yes

Planning Factors - Improves Corridor Level of Travel Time Reliability (LOTTR)

More than 0.30

HOU_36_HW_SH288 Level of Time Travel Reliability LOTTR Estimation Template.xlsx

Planning Factors - Improves Multimodal LOS

Yes

No

Yes

This grade separation will improve highway/freight LOS on SH 288 and the intersecting facility. This project improves pedestrian LOS through the incorporation of sidewalks. 

Planning Factors - Planning Coordination

Yes

Brazoria County Thoroughfare Plan

https://brazoriacountytx.gov/home/showdocument?id=1152

Planning Factors - Roadway Hierarchy/Freight System Priority/Evacuation Route

Principal Arterial

No

No

Yes

No