Sugar Land, TX – Sugar Land City Council recently approved an agreement with Fort Bend County for the construction of the voter-approved extension of Soldiers Field Drive and a roundabout at First Colony Boulevard.
The roundabout at First Colony Boulevard and Soldiers Field Drive originated due to resident concerns about frequent accidents at the intersection reported from 2012 to 2015. The city’s traffic operations engineers investigated and found there were five or more accidents in six different years from 2007 to 2023, surpassing the threshold established by the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device for intersection improvements.
The project includes extending Soldiers Field Drive to the north, removing the existing cul-de-sac at the end of Soldiers Field Drive, connecting to State Highway 6 near the existing police and court complex and installing a new roundabout at the intersection of Soldiers Field Drive and First Colony Boulevard.
The road extension and intersection improvements are intended to improve mobility, enhance public safety and create important access to future public safety facilities anticipated just north of the existing police and court facility.
The project was included in four general obligation bond propositions totaling $90.76 million decisively approved by Sugar Land voters on Nov. 5, 2019. The projects included in the propositions cover drainage, facilities, mobility and safety and were selected based on extensive planning through various master plans, City Council input and the results of citizen satisfaction surveys that indicated drainage, public safety and traffic/mobility are the top three priorities for residents.
Sugar Land voters approved more than $10.26 million in 2019 for street projects focusing on improvements to mobility and reinvestment into the city’s street network, including $2.46 million for the design and construction of the Soldiers Field Drive extension and intersection improvements at First Colony Boulevard. County voters approved an additional $1.8 million for the project.
“Our residents have been clear on the continued need for mobility projects” said City Engineer Jessie Li. “We’ve worked hard to deliver on our promise from the 2019 GO Bond election.”
Construction is expected to begin mid-September and be completed by the summer of 2025.
More educational information, including the benefits of roundabouts, is available at www.sugarlandtx.gov/Roundabouts