- Home
- Departments
- Financial Services
- Bond Information
- 2018 Bond Info
- Proposition B: Streets / Infrastructure
Proposition B: Streets / Infrastructure
Current Proposition B Project Status
Project | Status |
---|---|
Mobberly Complete Street | In Design/Right of Way |
Cotton Street Streetscape | In Design/Right of Way |
Fairmont Street Reconstruction | Complete |
Reel Road Widening | In Design/Right of Way |
Mobberly Avenue/High Street Entryway | 98% |
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.
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