SOUTH STAPLES STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
The purpose of this project is to reconstruct one of the City’s most highly traveled streets. South Staples Street has become one of the major connectors from South Padre Island Drive to the rapidly growing Southside area. The increased development has multiplied traffic volumes on this section of South Staples Street and resulted in pavement deterioration and poor ride quality. South Staples Street is a five-lane roadway including two travel lanes in each direction and a continuous two-way left turn lane. The City will reconstruct the roadway from Williams to Saratoga in the same basic configuration. Concrete was selected as the preferred pavement treatment due to a 30-year life cycle cost analysis which concluded concrete as the better value.
This project is scheduled to begin in late March/early April 2012 and be completed in fall 2013. Work will begin in the Williams area.
If you have a question about this project, you may contact the City’s Engineering Department at (361) 826-3500 or email engineering@cctexas.com.
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SOUTH STAPLES STREET CONSTRUCTION UPDATE #23 POSTED: May 10, 2013 South Staples/Holly intersection worked planned for May 9 has been delayed until May 28th. Check here for updates later. Construction crews will be putting an enhanced overlay at the intersection that will help create a smoother transition between the new concrete pavement and the asphalt at Holly Road. The Holly Road intersection is Phase 24, which has been moved up in the overall schedule and extended to three weeks to allow time for the enhanced overlay. Police will be present to direct traffic. The overlay work is expected to be complete in two days, but then the contractor will need to expose and reinforce the manhole covers. This work will be done in quadrants at the intersection and could require a total of almost three weeks. This work will need to be done during daylight hours, and there could be traffic disruptions at Holly and Staples associated with this work. Over next few weeks, there will also be alternating closures at the Wooldridge and Sarazen intersections for utility and concrete work. When Wooldridge is closed, Sarazen can be used as a detour and when Sarazen is closed, Wooldridge can be used as the detour. Similar alternating closures will be done at the Burnham and La Costa intersections. Check www.drivestaples.com for updates. Phases 11 and 12, on the west side of Staples Street just south of the Holly intersection, are nearing completion. Traffic controls in these phases will remain until work in phase 17B and portions of 17A are complete. There may also be some temporary alternating traffic controls in the right turn lanes on both the east and west sides at Williams and Holly as crews rework some small sections of sidewalk that did not pass the final ADA inspection. Work in Phases 17A, 17B, 22, 23A continues. NO LEFT TURNS will be allowed at Staples onto Holly in the eastbound and westbound directions until traffic controls are removed from Phases 11 and 12 and from the southern portion of Phase 9. NO LEFT TURNS will be allowed from Staples to Wooldridge in the eastbound and westbound directions due to work in this area. NO LEFT TURNS from southbound Staples to eastbound Saratoga. Traffic controls on the west side of Staples now extend from Phase 9 south into Phase 23B and on the east side from north of Spohn to Saratoga. Phase 22 (east side south of Spohn Dr. to Saratoga Blvd.) should be complete and open by May 21. Please consider patronizing the businesses along South Staples from Williams to Saratoga. They need your help to weather the construction period.
Phases 9 (west side Holly Rd. intersection) Paving of the street is complete. Traffic controls will remain in the southern portion of Phase 9 to protect ongoing work in Phases 11 and 12. NO LEFT TURNS FROM NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND STAPLES ONTO HOLLY ROAD. Phase 11 and 12 (west side south of Holly intersection near Walnut Ridge Apartments) Work is nearly complete in these phases. Traffic controls will remain in place until 17B work is completed. RIGHT TURNS FROM EASTBOUND HOLLY TO SOUTH STAPLES ARE NOW PERMITTED Phase 17A (west side from La Costa Dr. to Wooldridge Dr.) Work has started. There will be one lane in each direction (southbound and northbound) available on Staples. TURN RESTRICTIONS: NO LEFT TURNS FROM SOUTHBOUND AND NORTHBOUND STAPLES AT WOOLDRIDGE Phase 17B (west side from south of Holly to just south of La Costa Dr.) Work is underway. There are no associated turning restrictions. There is one lane in each direction (southbound and northbound) available on Staples. Phase 22 (east side from north of Spohn Dr. to Saratoga Blvd.) –Phase should be complete by May 21. In the meantime, Southbound Staples traffic will NOT be allowed to turn left onto eastbound Saratoga Blvd. Eastbound Saratoga traffic will only be allowed to turn left from only one of the dedicated left turn lanes. The dedicated right turn lane for westbound Saratoga Blvd. to northbound Staples will be closed. Right turns from westbound Saratoga Blvd. to northbound Staples will be allowed into the regular travel lane. TURN RESTRICTIONS: NO LEFT TURNS FROM SOUTHBOUND STAPLES ONTO SARATOGA BLVD. Phase 23A (west side from south of Wooldridge to south of Sarazen) –Work has started. Just south of Sarazen, Staples traffic will be redirected to the east side of the street and will have one lane in each direction (southbound and northbound). TURN RESTRICTIONS: NO LEFT TURNS FROM SOUTHBOUND AND NORTHBOUND STAPLES AT WOOLDRIDGE Drivers are urged to:
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