Shepherd Durham Complete Street and Resiliency

The Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority hired TGC to advance the reconstruction of Shepherd and Durham, a pair of Houston arterials that as of 2018 had four times the statewide rate for motorist, pedestrian, and bicyclist crashes. TGC was key to completing the technical analysis and raising the profile of the project locally. Our consensus building and stakeholder engagement ultimately resulted in the project being submitted to the national FHWA FY2019 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) call-for-projects. The project was awarded $25M through this opportunity, which directly led to an additional $40M regional investment; a total of $65M. TGC was the lead firm involved in all funding pursuit efforts for this project.

TGC completed or contributed to many of the technical and public engagement activities for the project, including:

• Project scoping and schematics

• Environmental site assessment

• Stakeholder engagement

• Benefits and bike/pedestrian demand analysis

• Coordination with TxDOT, City of Houston, and other project stakeholders

TGC also led the local advocacy effort to educate elected officials on the project and ask for their support. Upon completion, this $100M urban development project will improve two, parallel four-lane urban principal arterials and six connecting streets of various widths and classifications. The project will replace and upgrade roadway, multimodal, and public utility infrastructure within the existing public right-of-way, and create a Complete Street with multimodal connectivity to regional transit and shared-use path systems. 

TGC is currently providing construction administration and federal compliance support.

Rendering provided by the Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority.