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Land Use Impact of Widening Texas Avenue South in a Developing Area in College Station, Texas
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1978-07-01
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Edition:Interim - September 1977 - August 1978
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Abstract:Previous studies on the effects of highway construction upon land use have focused mainly upon the effects of the construction of new highways. In view of a new emphasis upon upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the effects of such improvements upon land use. This report relates the findings of research done upon an area of College Station, Texas, where Texas Avenue was upgraded from a two-lane to a four-lane facility. The improvement took place in an urban area that was in the developing stage of development where the predominant land use was unimproved. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the road improvement. Data were collected for a period encompassing approximately five years before construction began up to the end of 1977, the last year data collection was possible. Total acres in each type of land use were determined for each year. Comparisons were made of the types and rates of development before and after the upgrading occurred. The data are reported in narrative, graphic, and tabular form. Causes of development in the area other than the improved highway were also researched and are reported. Highway planners should be able to use this report, and subsequent reports of this study, to make more accurate predictions of land use changes due to specific highway improvements in different areas.
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