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“The portion of the road your viewer asked about was completed a number of years ago by the state. The state built it as a frontage road with two lanes in each direction. The Harris County Toll Road Authority is completing the section as a toll road. When it is complete it will link to [...]
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Everyone is wondering, right?! When will officials expand 290 and help with the congestion?? CHECK OUT http://www.my290.com ; VERY neat site.
THANK YOU TO: Paul Revere Middle School and the RMS Liberty Belles for posting the ‘morning team’ in your school hallway.
Here was their message to us: Once again the RMS Liberty Belles have chosen you as their favorite “Morning News Team”. We will be honoring the KPRC Morning Team at our football game on October 28, [...]
Don’t we wish every morning in traffic looked THIS nice! Good luck tomorrow…I know a lot of you had to fight big traffic delays this Monday morning.-Jen
VIEWER MAIL
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As much as we’d like to be able to provide streaming video to the public, the enormous hardware, bandwidth and manpower costs to provide this service for more than 600 cameras is just prohibitive.
It would also require a switch from our current Web architecture to an IP (Internet Protocol) system, and this would cost [...]
CYPRESS AREA CYPRESS AREA CYPRESS AREA
Kim/Randy – thanks for sharing the beautiful shot and Kim, please tell me that you were the passenger? Thanks for waking up to us every morning. Be safe! -Jen
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Earlier in the month, the steel girder beneath the IH 45 northbound lanes was hit by an 18-wheeler transporting a piece of heavy equipment higher than the permitted load which truck and damaged the beam as the driver attempted to make the connection from IH 45 southbound to Loop 610 eastbound. TxDOT had to close [...]
A: METRO doesn’t give a concrete answer for traffic relief…
There was a derailment about 2 weeks ago during a training run. There is an investigation into the cause and until that is complete, Metro says…”to expect delays.” They are aware that the northbound train is moving 10mph and the southbound train is moving 5mph between [...]
Q: About I-45 North Freeway and Shepherd
A: Here’s what we’ve gathered…
The left shoulder ends right after that curve. So not only do people have to take a little curve, but some people really dont like driving next to the cement walls. As you know…it only take one or two slow moving cars or persons trying [...]
Q: About the Westpark Tollway
Jennifer,
There is construction on the Westpark Tollway between Eldridge and Old Westheimer (Houston Center Blvd) until March 2010. Do you know what they are actually doing? Why will it take that long?
Miguel
West Houston
A: Here’s what we found out…
The construction work between Eldridge and Houston Center Blvd. is being conducted to address some [...]
Looks like I will be out of a job soon.
(ok, i’m kidding)
Google has added a feature to their maps that allows you to see what traffic will do on ANY given day, at ANY given time! How cool is that…especially if you are new to town, right? I have received several emails in the past asking [...]
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….I saw your report on education and I enjoyed it. I was wondering are you going to do more reporting? I would love to see more of you in that capacity.
Best Regards,
Rob
I appreciate Rob and others writing in…
Right before Hurricane Ike, I took on a new role….reporting out in the field. I will remain your traffic [...]
VIEWER MAIL:
I travel in on the gulf freeway. My drive has doubled since Ike. I am hearing the same thing from everyone at the office no matter which direction we are coming from. Do you know why that is?
First of all, I want to thank this viewer and others for writing in. Great question;plus, it [...]
We had tons of viewers that appreciated KPRC Local 2’s coverage of Hurricane Ike. We want to thank all of you for your emails and concern. We wish you and your family the very best in your recovery.
Thanks Liberty Belles…for taking the time to show your support!
“Jen,We enjoy your traffic report each morning and wonder how you look fresh as a daisy so early!
Both of our cars have windshield cracks caused by rocky debris from I-10 construction. First, can we get anyone from the construction project to repair our windshields. And secondly, when should we consider replacing our windshields, ie.. the [...]
