It would depend on how many employees, not to mention patients, are arriving and departing during those same times. The point is as I recall not one objection to traffic impact was made. There are 600 parking spaces in the new garage. You do the math.

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archi.....07_4373567

They just didn’t like it. They also didn’t like Sonoma in the Village. The mayor said “too bad” and the permits were issued. Without one word about traffic impact. Then suddenly the mayor declared war on 1717 Bissonnet. Curious at best.

That section to the east of Ashby between Bissonnet and Rice is unrestricted land with the exception of the west side of Cherokee between Bissonnet and Sunset.

Everyone knew that when they bought and built their homes in Southampton and in
Boulevard Oaks. The problem is that some believe the city charter doesn’t apply to them. And so far it appears it doesn’t.

The developers of 1717 Bissonnet didn’t have the weight to throw around the way Medical Clinic of Houston did. And that’s what it comes down to. Having the weight to throw around. Not city ordinance. Not the city charter. A lot of people including some dvelopers really don’t like that. And will support the developers of 1717 Bissonnet if they sue the city and the homeowners. Among other things they have a case for harassment and defamation.

Personally, again, I think they should just donate the land to West U for a new sewage treatment plant.

Okay lets see the projected traffic impact studies for the Medical Center of Houston Clinic on Sunset, just to the south of 1717 Bissonnet. If you can find them.

Obviously there is going to be be quite a bit more traffic on Sunset and on Rice and on other streets as well including Bissonnet. And yet that wasn’t a concern to anyone. Some really do “doth protesteth too much.”

Hmmmmmnnnnn. Currently 67 apartments occupy the lot and let’s just say everyone who lived there if it were 100% occupied had 2 vehicles. 67 x 2 =134 cars. If each car made 2 trips daily that would be 268 cars on Bissonnet (a 2 lane street) at some point. The original proposal called for a 464 space parking garage and 23 stories. 464 x 2 trips = 936. I’m no mathematician but it seems like the building would more than triple the amount of cars entering and exiting Bissonnet (not counting the delivery trucks needed to service the restaurants). alone. Now how that isn’t significant beats the hell out of me. One doesn’t need to be an engineer, an architect or even a postal clerk to figure that out.

Most civil engineers would need a dedicated course work geared to transportation/traffic in therir BS degree (which most don’t) or move on to a Masters degree to practice in traffic analysis. My limited coursework pretty much gave me a background, but I would never consider myself and expert though.

That’s new to me!

I have 10-years in civil engineering experience with some background in transportation and traffic analysis from collegiate courses and I still wouldn’t use that as justification for knowing all the intricacies of the traffic volume.

At the surface, looking at a large building you would think that traffic is automatically going to go up! The reality is that this buildings residents won’t contribute much more traffic than that apartment complex there right now. The major change is the commercial development aspect at the base and that can be easily mitigated.

1. The city will have to implement zoning.
OR
2. Approve the project and recieve a permit.

Some of my coworkers here in Houston are working on about 100 acres of single family residential in areas of Montgomery and Waller Counties. The developer has no plan to go to construction, but are getting there approvals to move forward now.

Depending on the agency reviewing, an approval can last 2 to 5 years or longer.