Does anyone know the status of the street project on University Drive next to campus? It doesn't seem like a big project and it has been stuck in the same place for months. Did the contractor go broke or something?
redd38 said:
I wish they would just make it a little more drivable while they're working on it. It's un-fing-believable that the stripes on the road have been dangerously messed up for nearly a year! Does the city just not give a s*** that there's two sets of stripes that merge cars into each other? It would take less than an hour to fix. And now there are potholes big enough to fit a small child in! And you better memorize the location of them because when it rains the road floods and you can't see them.
I mostly cut through a neighborhood to avoid University now.
redd38 said:
I wish they would just make it a little more drivable while they're working on it. It's un-fing-believable that the stripes on the road have been dangerously messed up for nearly a year! Does the city just not give a s*** that there's two sets of stripes that merge cars into each other? It would take less than an hour to fix. And now there are potholes big enough to fit a small child in! And you better memorize the location of them because when it rains the road floods and you can't see them.
I mostly cut through a neighborhood to avoid University now.
Good to know.AggieAces06 said:
It's a TxDot project, so the road striping is up to them, not the City.
Buford T. Justice said:
It's never going to happen, but dream with me for a moment. It would revolutionize the University Drive corridor if we had pedestrian and trolley tunnels a la downtown Houston and the IAH airport. You could then have remote parking and less vehicular traffic directly adjacent to the campus and north gate areas.
Well, sir, there's nothin' on Earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail! What'd I say?Rexter said:Buford T. Justice said:
It's never going to happen, but dream with me for a moment. It would revolutionize the University Drive corridor if we had pedestrian and trolley tunnels a la downtown Houston and the IAH airport. You could then have remote parking and less vehicular traffic directly adjacent to the campus and north gate areas.
Monorail is where it's at, my friend.
AggieAces06 said:
It's a TxDot project, so the road striping is up to them, not the City.
motherrunnersBCS said:
Would be nice if they did something about this while the students are gone
denied said:motherrunnersBCS said:
Would be nice if they did something about this while the students are gone
They actually aren't allowed to do anything while the students are gone. It is in the contract.
I drove by early afternoon on Monday and it was gorgeous but nobody was there and almost all of the equipment was gone; then I realized the students had left so the project was shut down.
I think he was being a smartassEliminatus said:denied said:motherrunnersBCS said:
Would be nice if they did something about this while the students are gone
They actually aren't allowed to do anything while the students are gone. It is in the contract.
I drove by early afternoon on Monday and it was gorgeous but nobody was there and almost all of the equipment was gone; then I realized the students had left so the project was shut down.
I literally cannot think of a single thing of why and how that is a good idea. Much less written into a contract. Even some public projects in backwards ass California have crews specifically working nights and really early mornings and other non peak times.
Is the contract openly available?
Gap said:
I was back in town for new student conferences and while it appears progress has been made, it isn't fully complete. The KBTX article says a May completion, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Does anyone know when it will be finished?