City of Taylor Project Updates - June 11, 2025

Below are updates on projects across the City. For past updates, please visit our capital improvement projects dashboard here: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0da33403470c4763abebc53849edf054

Level-Up

• May 20, 2025 - Randall St from Kimbro to Stasny, Prather from Fairgrounds to Grace and Cecilia to Vernon and Cecilia from Howard to Victoria will have Level Ups this week. There will be no road closures but there will be heavy equipment which will require caution.

2024 Street Maintenance (TH Johnson/Bill Pickett, Lake, Mallard)

• May 27, 2025 – Starting with TH Johnson on June 13. Then hitting Lake, Bill Pickett, Mallard, then 4^th and 2^nd.
• May 20, 2025 – Precon completed on May 13. Kicking off on June 2. 
• May 6, 2025 - Executed agreement, payment and performance bonds received. Preconstruction meeting scheduled for May 13. Notice to Proceed will be issued on May 27.
• April 15, 2025 – Notice to Proceed to be issued on May 27. Will get schedule from them. Likely start on TH Johnson first. 
• April 8, 2025 - Nothing expected for next 6 weeks. Construction begins late spring/early summer.
• April 1, 2025 – Still working on Bonds and Insurance. Notice to Proceed may be around May 27.

MLK Sidewalk

• April 29, 2025 – Working towards 90% designs. Looking to end of summer for completed design. 
• April 22, 2025 – Agreement with TXDOT to extend their planking project to cover the sidewalk is in process. 
• April 15, 2025 - Received comments back from TXDOT. May be time gap where sidewalk is complete and planking is still in process.
• April 8, 2025 - 60% design completed. Currently coordinating with Union Pacific Rail Road and TxDOT to facilitate extension of Railroad planking on MLK and Robinson. Staff to submit exhibit A and supporting docs for both crossings to UPRR tomorrow.
• April 1, 2025 – Submitted 60% plans to TXDOT for review on March 27. Coordination has begun with property owners alongside the project. 

Safe Streets for All Grant Program 

• June 10, 2025 - This will go to council on June 12.
• June 3, 2025 – This would add our projects to the CAMPO transportation program and planning. One project potential is the sidewalk on North Main. A second project would add a raised median from the Carlos Parker Off Ramp to Sloan Street on 2^nd Street. This would prevent people from trying to cross 2^nd from the off ramp and not take enough time to slowly progress across the street. It would force them to the intersection. These two projects will be brought to council after the new District 4 member is elected and joins the dais.
• May 27, 2025 – Team met last week. A resolution will go before Council in June for application to the program (raised median on 2^nd by Debus and Sloan and some sidewalk on North Main from Carlos headed south). The County is applying and including our projects. 
• May 20, 2025 – Part of the CAMPO Safety Action Plan for Federal Funding. Requires a 20% local match. Meeting this week about City submissions to the plan. 

Transportation Alternatives Grants (FM 3349 Shared Use Path & Cross-Town Connector)

• June 3, 2025 – Need a press release on this and some foam boards for display at upcoming public events. 
• May 27, 2025 – Brining resolution for final application to Council on June 12. Application due on June 20. 
• May 20, 2025 – Continued with preliminary design and detailed application preparation. Staff will bring a resolution to Council the first meeting in June.April 22, 2025 – TXDOT invited the City to submit both full applications. HDR is working on those detailed applications in coordination with Langford
• April 15, 2025 - TxDOT to submit forms to HDR for full application. The full application window opens tomorrow. HDR plans to have an application completed early. 

2022 Street Maintenance (2^nd, 4^th, Mallard)

• June 3, 2025 – When the project was complete, HDR covered speed limit signs and measured speeds of drivers. The project shows that they could reduce the speed limit between the shelter and cemetery to 45. Couldn’t get it down to 35 as they wanted. 
• May 27, 2025 – Contractor will be completely replacing the seal coats on 2^nd and 4^th. This will be done after/in tandem with the 2023 Street maintenance projects. 
• April 29, 2025 – Requested changes to Rabba Kistner’s memo. Contractor expects memo.
• April 22, 2025 – Reviewing recommendations from Rabba Kistner. They may recommend resealing sections or all of 2^nd and 4^th. 
• April 15, 2025 - Rabba Kistner sent site analysis of seal coat. It is in review by HDR. Contractor swept the streets last week. 
• April 8, 2025 – HDR is finalizing results from a speed study on 4^th street. Still awaiting the report from Geotech on sealcoat application conditions. Sweeping of loose rock will be completed tomorrow. 
• April 1, 2025 – Geotech provided report on warranty items. The contractor from the project will be sweeping 2^nd and 4^th and will meet with Geotech to discuss warranty claims. 

OCI Updates

• May 27, 2025 – Presenting OCI updates to Council on June 12. 
• May 20, 2025 – Curb and gutter inventory ranking sections are in Quality Control.
• April 29, 2025 – Curb and gutter inventory sent back missing some items. Contractor is preparing those items to return for review. 
• April 8, 2025 - HDR is preparing a council presentation on curb inventory and potential curb repair program

366 and Chandler Road Signal

• May 20, 2025 – Grant Approved by TxDOT for HSIP Grant. Another bad accident was recorded last weekend. TxDOT is estimating first quarter of 2027 for construction. The project is in queue with the rest of the HSIP program announcements. They have requested that we continue to send them data and hopefully escalate the project on the list.
• May 13, 2025 – Received approval for HSIP for chandler road and 366 signal. Main Street Sidewalk was not selected in this year’s round. 
• April 1, 2025 - No Updates. Still waiting on HSIP application results.