Katy Freeway
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Katy Freeway • 40 mile section of IH 10 from downtown Houston to the Brazos River • Constructed in the 1960’s • Design capacity of 79,200 vehicles per day • Pavement design life of 20 years • Part of Interstate Highway System • Maintenance cost $ 49,375 per mile
Katy Freeway - RealityGRIDLOCK • 207,800 vehicles per day • 11 hours daily congestion • 30 to 40 year old pavement • Annual maintenance costs of $ 197,500/mile (4 times normal highway maintenance costs)
23 mile section from IH 610 to Fort Bend County line • 8 main lanes, 2 managed lanes, 6 feeder lanes • Construction 2003 - 2009 • 10 Sections • Beginning at east and west ends working to center • First construction contract awarded June 11, 2003
$ 2,400,000,000 CONSTRUCTION COST (excludes ROW,utilities)
UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS • Expense of TxDOT’s ROW Division • ROW acquisition,relocation assistance,utility relocation $599,000,000 • Construction period spans 2003-2009 • Annual Statewide Budget - $300,000,000 for all TxDOT ROW Division • Katy utility adjustments alone will be one-third of ROW Division’s budget for three years running
CenterPoint Energy Work • 40 miles of OH distribution • 42 underground distribution crossings • 21.5 miles of Entex gas lines • Fiber optic reroute and one T-comm antennae • 5.7 miles OH Transmission 138kV double circuit converted to UG • 3 Substations modified for UG Transmission
$ 110,000,000 • Transmission • Substation • Overhead Distribution • Underground Distribution • Fiber Optics • Entex 28 Contracts over 2003 - 2006
Bureaucratic Red Tape • Unprecedented amount of Bureaucratic red tape • Extended review/approval time for Utility Adjustment contracts • Hesitant to make decisions • Disconnect between TxDOT’s local office and Austin
TXDOT • Contract required for relocations prior to start of any construction • Austin-TXDOT review/approval of contracts • Construction overhead cost issue • 431 parcels required for project .Not all parcels acquired prior to construction letting • GEC (PB) controls project • Project Website established
CenterPoint Energy Underground Distribution • 45 locations with proposed underground • 42 crossings of I-10 (Katy Freeway) • 90 estimates/work orders • Plan & profile drawings and traffic control plans - 120 drawings, 80 traffic control [plans
CEHE • Drawing review required by all utilities through GEC - PB • Project crossed ROW of several governmental agencies • TXDOT • Harris County Flood Control • Army Corp of Engineers • City of Houston • Hedwig Village • Spring Valley • Hunters Creek
CEHE • TXDOT lacked numerous parcels but still expedited construction schedule • Directional bores • 3 dry bore crossings • Existing easements, required temporary construction easements for work area • City permits - lane closures,street cuts
CEHE Distribution Underground Status • 10 Sections (42 crossings total) • 24 crossings complete • Sections 1,2,8,9,10 - 100% complete • 8 crossings under construction • 7 on hold - require ROW by TXDOT • 3 crossing scheduled for 2006