TXDOT closing Nasa Road 1 For Study

By Lee McGuire / 11 News
On March 4, TxDOT will bring down the Nasa Road 1 overpass in Webster. At the same time, the City of Houston will launch a traffic study to measure what’s wrong in Clear Lake.

“I know it’s going to get ugly because they’re completely redoing the freeway out here,” said Forrest Gregg.

Gregg is a florist and said he spends at least four hours a day delivering flowers.

He said Clear Lake’s side streets are constantly clogged. Some city leaders agree.

“During the day it’s even horrible,” said Houston City Councilmember Mike Sullivan. “We’re getting complaints constantly about how bad traffic is -- congestion, road conditions, lights not being synchronized.”

Turn lanes and traffic lights are relatively easy to fix, say experts.

They say that the study should show city planners where the bottlenecks are located. Clear Lake isn’t the only target area.

The Houston Public Works Department is reportedly getting ready to launch similar studies across Houston. They're looking at areas where a lot of people have moved in over the last few years.

“A lot of the time, the people who set the signals don’t even live around here. They don’t know what’s going on,” said Gregg.

Houston’s traffic experts say the study should wrap up by late summer.