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“They are completely encircled by stopped trains sometimes,” Houston District I Councilman Robert Gallegos said of the surrounding neighborhoods.
The work will mean major changes for people who travel in the area, both during construction and long after. Once the York underpass is completed, Houston will close Sampson – which acts along with York as two adjacent one-way streets moving in different directions – then make York a two-way street around the tracks. Street crossings of the tracks at McKinney and the rail crossing on Milby near Polk will be closed once the York underpass is in place.
With predictable routes, with ways to avoid trains, drivers will adjust and the neighborhood’s traffic pattern can change, she said, hopefully for the better. The changes are being closely watched by local residents and businesses, said Jack Hanagriff, railroad safety and mobility coordinator for the East End Management District.Houston Public Works to use goat herds to save money on drainage basin, ditch maintenance
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