Kirby to get Texas stars along with needed improvements
The Chronicle's Tara white reports that Kirby Drive is going to be getting some visual upgrades along with the planned repaving and flood control projects:
Prominent Texas-star inlays at eight Kirby Drive intersections are the major aesthetic components of the first phase of the "All-Stars" initiative announced by the Kirby Coalition on Dec. 4 at IBC Bank, 5615 Kirby Drive.
The initiative will use private funds to add amenities to the city of Houston's flood relief project. The city's project will provide newly paved streets and storm sewer reconstruction along Kirby Drive from Reliant Arena, 1 Reliant Park, to the Central Business District.
"There is an urgency because the city's construction will take three to four years," said Jamie Brewster, co-chair of the coalition. "If we act now it will be less of an inconvenience for residents and more cost-effective."
Plans for the first phase include installing paved Texas stars at the intersections of Kirby Drive and Westheimer Road, West Alabama and Bissonnet streets, Richmond Avenue, and Sunset, Rice, University and Holcombe boulevards. Other planned streetscape elements are brick crosswalks, traffic lights on poles instead of wires, benches and landscaping.
That should look pretty nice when they are done (although it probably should at $250,000 per intersection).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/07/06 10:20 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (2)
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