Hobby Area Management District

TxDOT has completed its beautification project at the Broadway and I-45 traffic circle. Improvements include new landscaping, repainted road stripes, and enhanced lane designators. In addition, new LED lights have been installed to increase visibility for drivers and pedestrians. The area has also been decked with new decorative features designed to reduce future encampments. These…

A community celebration helped open Metro’s new segment of the East End “Green Line” in January. A new overpass was completed over the UP railroad lines near Hughes Street in December and allowed for the extension of the line. Metro rail riders are now able to take the “Green Line” from the Magnolia Transit Center…

City Council in January approved $10 million to fund a new initiative called the Storm Water Action Team – “SWAT” aimed at addressing drainage problems in neighborhoods across the city. The work includes repairing collapsed culverts and drainage pipes, enlarging inlets, and regrading, cleaning and mowing more roadside ditches. Two of the first repairs in…

As part of the Bayou Greenways 2020 project, construction of a trail along Sims Bayou from Old Galveston Road to Deeda Drive in the Park Place neighborhood, will soon be underway. This segment of trail, expected to be completed in about a year, will give the public access to greenspace along the bayou and 1.3…

After two years of construction and a year-long beautification effort, Broadway Boulevard has been transformed into a beautiful signature corridor with new roadway, landscaping and amenities. “In the past couple of years, we’ve opened a new international terminal at Hobby, completed landscape enhancements along Airport Boulevard, and trails on Sims Bayou and a future Botanic…