Proposition B: Streets / Infrastructure

The summary of the proposition is: “The issuance of $27,090,000 tax bonds by the City of Longview, Texas for street and road improvements and other related improvements and levying the tax in payment thereof.” Online map of all 3 bond propositions.

The following are estimated project descriptions, which are subject to change due to a variety of factors such as availability of funding, engineering requirements, and other considerations. 

Mobberly Avenue Complete Street: $5.2 Million

• Existing 5-lane asphalt street will be reconfigured to include bike lanes and sidewalks separated by a landscape barrier, and receive asphalt overlay on Mobberly Avenue from Cotton Street to Estes Parkway
• 2040 MTP – 2014 Identified as Complete Street (Bicycle and Pedestrian)
• Thoroughfare Plan - 2014
• Transit Access Plan – Key Corridor - 2014
• Bike / Ped Plan -Tier One Project - 2018
• Traffic Count - 11,700
• Comprehensive Plan Priority #14 - 2015

Cotton Street Streetscape: $5.89 Million

• Existing 5-lane asphalt street will be improved behind the curb to include landscaping, sidewalks, lighting, and street scape to match downtown streets from Green to Grand Blvd
• Downtown Master Plan – 1970’s
• Downtown Small Area Plan – 2017
• Bicycle Plan – 2018 – Corridor between  Green and McCann
• Additional section between McCann and Grand added by the CPAC Committee to provide connectivity to the Longview Convention Complex and Arboretum
• Traffic Count – 11,100

Fairmont Street Reconstruction: $5.6 Million

• Reconstructing existing 3 lane section, utilities, adding drainage, bike lanes, and sidewalks.  New street will be concrete from Avenue B to HG Mosley.
• 2014 Thoroughfare plan identifies future section of 4 lanes, however right-of-way is inadequate due to minimal setback
• Bike/Ped Plan - 2018 
• Traffic Count - 5,700

Reel Road Widening: $7.1 Million

• Widening existing 2 lane asphalt section to 4 lane concrete, relocating utilities and drainage, adding shared bike lanes and sidewalk on one side from Pine Tree to Knobcrest.
• 2025 MTP – adopted 1999 from Gilmer to Pine Tree widen to 4 lanes by 2025
• 2030 MTP - adopted 2004 from Gilmer to Pine Tree widen to 4 lanes by 2014
• 2035 MTP - adopted 2009 
  
  • Phase I from Gilmer to Knobcrest widen to 4 lanes by 2019
  • Phase II from Knobcrest to Pine Tree widen to 4 lanes by 2035
• 2007 Street Bond Election constructed Phase 1 and opened in 2011
• 2040 MTP - adopted 2014 Phase II from Knobcrest to Pine Tree widen to 4 lanes 
• Bike/Ped Plan - 2018
• Traffic Count - 7,981

Mobberly / High and Estes Entryway Reconfiguration: $3.3 Million

• Reconfiguration of the intersections of Estes Parkway, Mobberly Avenue, High Street, and Edwin Street. Extends Millie Street through to Mobberly Avenue.
• Adds “Longview” Entryway monumentation and includes landscaping.
• I-20 Small Area plan identified as Key Entryway and Gateway – 2016
• Comp Plan Priority #14 identified as Key Entryway