{"id":447172,"date":"2026-09-25T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447172\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:26:10","slug":"mandell-street-safe-school-connections-projects-to-begin-heights-river-oaks-montrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447172\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandell Street, safe school connections projects to begin | Heights &#8211; River Oaks &#8211; Montrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction on Mandell Street is expected to start in late October or early November, Montrose officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Latest update<\/p>\n<p>At its Sept. 21 meeting,\u00a0 Montrose Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone officials gave updates on transportation projects, including the Mandell Street project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/heights-river-oaks-montrose\/transportation\/3-transportation-projects-in-the-heights-river-oaks-and-montrose-areas-to-follow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mandell Street Improvements project<\/a> includes:<\/p>\n<p>Sidewalk replacement with 5-foot sidewalks and ADA-compliant wheelchair ramps<\/p>\n<p>Milling and overlay of existing deteriorated asphalt pavement<\/p>\n<p>Roadway restriping<\/p>\n<p>Replacement of signage as needed<\/p>\n<p>Improved lighting on the roadway by upgrading streetlights<\/p>\n<p>Individualized protection plan for trees along the project route<\/p>\n<p>Project manager David Greaney said the plans for the project were resubmitted to the city Aug. 21, and are currently awaiting approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other projects<\/p>\n<p>Montrose officials also provided updates on other projects, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/montrosehtx.org\/projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Montrose Safe Routes to School Connections Project<\/a>. According to the TIRZ presentation, construction is expected to start in early October. The project aims to enhance safety and accessibility for students who walk and bike to school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Cherryhurst sidewalk improvements project is \u201csubstantially complete\u201d as of Sept. 3, but work will continue as the contractor addresses ADA-related and other punch-list corrections. It is expected to be fully completed by mid-October.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction on Mandell Street is expected to start in late October or early November, Montrose officials said. Latest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[154141,154142,56,58,57,154139,1987,28532,154140,150123],"class_list":["post-447172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-cherryhurst","tag-david-greaney","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-mandell-street","tag-montrose","tag-montrose-tirz","tag-safe-routes-to-school-connections-project","tag-sidewalk-improvements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}