HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There’s some good news for Houstonians who live and work along Westheimer Road.
The City of Houston and METRO are breaking ground on a massive project to reconstruct and repave a six-mile stretch from the West Loop to downtown Houston.
Improvements will include repairing, paving, and reconstructing all lanes, new sidewalks, safer crossings, and 50 new bus stops.
“This is a new beginning,” Mayor John Whitmire said during a press conference Tuesday. “We’re not going to tolerate broken infrastructure-whether it’s roads and streets or drainage. We’re going to fix Houston.”
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Stats show more fatal accidents take place on this street than any other in Houston. But that stretch of road is getting a multi-million dollar makeover.
Construction for the Westheimer project began last month.
The plan is part of METRO’s larger 19-mile-long project, BOOST 82 Westheimer.
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