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Weekly Road Closures: February 29 to March 7

Here is a list of lane closures slated for this week so you can avoid traffic.
Credit: WTOL

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — *EDITOR'S NOTE: ALL CLOSURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER, EMERGENCY WORK, OR OTHER CURRENT EVENTS.

Everhart Road & Staples Street (City IDIQ No. 18157A, IPR)

A City contractor will be cleaning and televising sanitary sewer lines along Everhart Road and Staples Street. This work will require the following daily lane closures:

  • Everhart Road – Southbound traffic will be reduced to one-lane between Avalon Street and Staples Street.
  • Staples Street – Northbound traffic will be reduced to one-lane between Barry Street and Gollihar Road/Autotown Drive.

These daily lane closures are scheduled to begin Sunday, March 1, 2020.

Howard Street & Mexico Street Intersection (Bartek Construction)

The intersection of Howard Street at Mexico Street will be closed to install underground utility beginning Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Leopard Street - Wandering Creek Drive to Cliff Crenshaw Street (City IDIQ No. 18100A, Max Underground Construction)

Leopard Street will be reduced to one-lane, in the eastbound direction, between Wandering Creek Drive and Cliff Crenshaw Street to perform stormwater improvements on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

Coopers Alley-Mesquite Street to Chaparral Street (Bertco Mechanical, Inc.)

Coopers Alley, between Mesquite Street and Chaparral Street, will be closed to allow a Contractor to perform a water utility tap and street excavation. The closure is expected to begin Monday, March 2, 2020, and last three days.

Staples Street & Holly Road Intersection (Public Works)

Motorists should expect temporary closures of lanes on Staples Street and Holly Road approaching the intersection. These temporary closures are needed to upgrade the crosswalks and other pavement markings at the intersection.

Carroll Lane – McArdle Road to Houston Street (E13097, Bond 2014)

Carroll Lane is reduced to one-lane, one-way traffic flow, in the southbound direction between Brawner Parkway and Gollihar Road.

Everhart Road – Holly Road to South Padre Island Drive (18014A, Type B)

Northbound and Southbound traffic will continue as one lane for both directions on the west side (southbound lanes) between Bonner Drive and Holly Road.

Northbound traffic on Everhart Road will be allowed to make left turns at the Holly Road intersection. Left turns from Southbound Everhart Road are restricted.

The right turn lane on Holly Road is closed, but right turns onto northbound Everhart Road will still be allowed from the right travel lane.   

Flato Road – Bates Road to Agnes Street (E15110, Bond 2014)

Flato Road is reduced to one-lane, one-way traffic flow, in the southbound direction between Agnes Street and Bates Road.

Frio, Hacala, Dorado St., Corridor – Greenwood to Martin (E 18019A, Bond 2018)

The intersection of Greenwood Drive at Frio Drive is closed. Frio Street is closed from Greenwood Drive to Colorado Drive.

Holly Road – Rodd Field Road to Ennis Joslin Road (Type B)

Holly Road is reduced to only one-lane, one-way traffic flow, in the eastbound direction between Rodd Field Road and Ennis Joslin. Contractors will be performing various intermittent closures of streets intersecting Holly Road to install utility and stormwater infrastructure.

Morgan Avenue – S. Staples Street to Crosstown Expressway (E12101, Bond 2012) & S. Staples Street to Ocean Drive (E13090, Bond 2014)

Morgan Avenue is reduced to one lane, one-way traffic flow (eastbound towards Spohn Shoreline Hospital). Access onto Morgan Avenue, off of Ocean Drive, will be prohibited. Construction may require intermittent daily closures of local residential streets intersecting Morgan Avenue. Motorists are advised to obey warning signs and flaggers which will guide them through the work zone.

North Chaparral Street from Hirsch Street to Harbor Street (E12134 SEA District Pedestrian Improvements)

Contractors are performing driveway and pedestrian improvements at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History along North Chaparral. Access will be maintained to at least one driveway during construction.

Opengate Drive – (Residential Street Reconstruction Project (RSRP) – Ortiz Paving)

Opengate Drive is closed between Timbergate Drive and Fox Run Drive.

Peoples Street and Schatzell Street (IDIQ, IPR South Central)

A City Contractor is performing utility work along Peoples Street between Mesquite Street and Chaparral Street. Work is also being performed along Mesquite Street between Peoples Street and Schatzell Street.

This work will require the following closures:

  • Peoples Street - Between Mesquite Street and Chaparral Street;
  • Mesquite Street - Between Schatzell Street and Peoples Street;
  • The intersection at Peoples Street and Mesquite Street;
  • The intersection of Schatzell Street and Mesquite Street.

Rodd Field Road – Saratoga Boulevard to Yorktown Boulevard (E15112, Bond 2014)

Daily closures of Brooke Road, between Rodd Field Road and Quail Run Drive, will be implemented daily between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

Travel lanes along Yorktown Boulevard are opened to allow motorists to travel on both sides of the median. Traffic remains reduced to one lane in each direction along Rodd Field Road. The traffic signal has been turned on to full activation.

Rodd Field Road between Brooke Road and Airline Road/Slough Road remains ONE WAY northbound. Traffic traveling southbound on Rodd Field Road is being detoured onto Saratoga Boulevard to Airline Road. Only local traffic should continue past the intersection of Rodd Field Road and Saratoga Boulevard.

Slough Road – Rodd Field Road to Amethyst (18042A, Type B)

Slough Road between Fred’s Folly Drive and Rodd Field Road is ONE-WAY traffic flow in the westbound direction. Access onto Slough Road is prohibited at the Rodd Field Road intersection.

Residents must use Brooke Road and Ametrine Drive as a detour route to access Slough Road. This one-way traffic flow is expected to last several months.

Staples Street – Kostoryz Road to Brawner Parkway (E12095, Bond 2012)

Northbound and Southbound traffic has been shifted to the east side of Staples Street between Kostoryz Road and Texan Trail. Motorists traveling on Staples Street will continue as two lanes during the traffic switch. Left turns from northbound Staples Street, at the intersection of Kostoryz Road, are still not allowed.

Kostoryz Road, through the Staples Street intersection, is reduced to one lane for each direction.  

Breakwater Avenue (Tracker Energy)

Contractors will be conducting utility work which will require a temporary lane closure eastbound on Breakwater Avenue from Avenue F to Seagull Boulevard.  Flaggers should be present to direct traffic around the closure.  The work is expected to last a month.

South Chaparral Street from Park Avenue to Kinney Street (Utilities)

Ongoing temporary lane closures of the northbound lane from Park Avenue to Kinney Street.  Flaggers should be present to guide traffic around the closure. This work is expected to last a month.  

Greenwood (TxDOT Emergency Utility Work)

Utility contractors will continue to implement the following lane closures.

Southbound Greenwood Drive: The right lane will be closed starting approximately 600-feet north of the South Padre Island Drive Intersection. Southbound traffic will then shift to the east, into the left turn lane, and continue as one lane through the intersection.

Northbound Greenwood Drive: The center turn lane will be closed starting 600-feet south of the South Padre Island Drive intersection and continue as two lanes through the intersection.

7963 Sedwick Rd (Strike LLC)

Contractors will continue to implement a temporary lane closure, as needed, to assist with off-site work. Flaggers should be present to direct traffic.

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