Shepherd and Durham Paving and Drainage

Thank You for contacting Engage Houston regarding your question. Currently there are no plans for rehabilitation on Shepherd/Durham between Washington and I-10. Please contact 3-1-1 to report any current issues with the roads condition.

Howdy Neighbor! The contractor has to perform work activities on the cross streets between Shepherd Dr and Parker St starting from Dickson St right up to Washington Ave, for installing the storm and sanitary sewers, placing lime stabilized subgrade, and paving with concrete or asphalt. To perform these activities the Contractor has to excavate and move the excavated material to the laydown yard and bring material to the site. These load trucks may have to move through Parker St or the other smaller side streets, with the intersection of these streets at Shepherd Dr not being accessible, due to the construction activities at times. At present Dickson and Lillian streets are closed at Shepherd Dr, perforce the Contractor has to move the loaded vehicles on the smaller streets. However the Inspector has asked the Contractor to minimize the movement of the construction equipment/load trucks and if possible to avoid using the smaller side streets for moving the loaded trucks between the work site and the laydown yard.   

Thank you for your question. There will not be a traffic signal at the Shepherd/Durham/Dickson intersection. There will be a new crosswalk that will assist in addressing safety concerns.

The City has recently completed a study for the section of the roadway between the two projects (from I-10 to Washington) to connect them. However, at this moment there are no programmed funds for the design and construction of the project. The City is continuing to explore funding opportunities/sources for it.

HPW shares your interest in making bikeways as safe and comfortable as possible. As projects move from planning through design and ultimately implementation, design standards frequently evolve, and HPW works hard to incorporate updated design standards whenever possible. Bikeway designs, in particular, have evolved substantially in Houston as national and international best practices are adopted and accepted into local design standards. In this case, this section of Shepherd/Durham was designed and budgeted several years before physically separated bikeways were common practice in Houston. Modifying the design at this point would require substantial changes to the roadway design and construction budgets and therefore cannot be accommodated at this time. Future improvements to the bikeway may be possible with a separate project.

HPW shares your interest in making bikeways as safe and comfortable as possible. As projects move from planning through design and ultimately implementation, design standards frequently evolve, and HPW works hard to incorporate updated design standards whenever possible. Bikeway designs, in particular, have evolved substantially in Houston as national and international best practices are adopted and accepted into local design standards. In this case, this section of Shepherd/Durham was designed and budgeted several years before physically separated bikeways were common practice in Houston. Modifying the design at this point would require substantial changes to the roadway design and construction budgets and therefore cannot be accommodated at this time. Future improvements to the bikeway may be possible with a separate project.

Thank you for your question. The budget allocated for the Shepherd and Durham project was $12,023,470. 10.3 million is the bid submitted and accepted from the contractor to complete construction.  Unfortunately, all details within the scope of the project mostly will not fit on the signage. The public engagement team is tasked with hosting public meetings to engage with the community regarding the improvements to their neighborhood. Please visit the project webpage at www.engagehouston.org/shepherdanddurham for more information and there you also find the recording of the community meeting hosted on July 29, 2021.

We anticipate improving the level of service at the signalized intersections will also improve mobility for vehicular traffic.

There will be striping and not a physical barrier between the vehicular lanes of traffic and bicycle lanes.