BELLMEAD, Texas (KXXV) — Bellmead secured nearly $10 million in grants for the Corridor Safety Improvements Project. The grants will fund enhancements on Bellmead Drive and Concord Road.
- Improvements include medians, street lighting, speed feedback signs, and upgraded pedestrian walkways.
- City council to work with engineers on a conceptual plan; public hearings will be held for input.
- Work is expected to begin in the next year and a half.
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"Right now there is no clear scenario. It should be pointed out what they're going to do," local business owner, Sangam Baniya, said.
Sangam Baniya tells Neighborhood Reporter Bella Popadiuk he's owned the Smoke Zone and Bellmead Liquor Store for 4 years. He says he heard about the coming street improvements but wants to see more details.
"We need to see the detailed project of what they're going to do, what point they'll be starting and what point they're going to be ending," he said.
City leaders say they don't know what the plans will look like yet. Next steps include city council working with engineers to draft a conceptual plan.
Some planned enhancements so far are the installation of more medians, new street lighting, and speed feedback signs. Baniya tells me he wants to see additional pedestrian walkways, improved utilities, and cleaning up the overall area around his business.
"$10 million dollars, more than that less than that, it shouldn't matter. It should benefit people. Everything should be good and from people's sides they should know about those things. It makes the city safer, the city has pedestrian roads, the city has to be working for people and they should be benefitting from that project."
The project aims to upgrade infrastructure and make the area safer and more accessible on Bellmead Drive and Concord Road for everyone.
"This is transformational," City Manager Yousry "Yost" Zakhary said. "I could see this changing Bellmead for decades to come."
The city says currently those two roads lack safe facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
"The largest grant we've seen in the history of Bellmead," Zakhary said.
The $10 million in safety improvements will be fully grant-funded and not come out of taxpayers' wallets. Council will hold public hearings in the future for residents to give input on the project. City leaders tell me they hope to begin work on the project in the next year and a half.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Bellmead Drive and Concord Road will look very different in the future– after the city of Bellmead secures nearly $10,000,000 in grant money to enhance safety in those areas.
The project aims to upgrade infrastructure and make the area safer and more accessible for residents and visitors.
The city says they hope to begin work in the next year and a half.
The safety improvements will be fully grant funded and not come out of taxpayers wallets.
Currently, the areas lack safe facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
The city says this project will be transformational for our neighborhood and benefit Bellmead for decades.
