Blinn College Trustees Pursuing Land Purchase To Build A Campus In Waller

Downtown Bryan Parking Committee Presents Recommendations To The City Council

In February 2024, Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez created a committee to look into parking in the downtown area. Committee recommendations given at the council’s September 10th meeting included hiring an outside consultant to develop a long term parking action plan and promote other areas of public parking that includes what is considered to be the under utilized parking garage south of the courthouse. While there is a charge to park in the garage except for some special events, there was no support to bring back paid on-street parking. Councilmembers were told that 75 percent of parking spaces are taken in the area between 23rd and 26th and between Bryan Avenue and the railroad tracks east of Main. The mayor brought up having some sort of enforcement in a seven block area where people are parking longer than allowed. One example is placing “courtesy reminders” on vehicles exceeding the 90 minute limit, something that was done during August. And the mayor repeated an observation from before the committee was created that he believed that there is not a parking problem in downtown Bryan, but there is a walking problem…referring to those who don’t want to walk from the parking garage. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the Bryan city council’s workshop meeting on September 10, 2024. Click below to hear comments from the September 10, 2024 Bryan council workshop meeting.  

College Station City Council Denies A Request To Delete A Future Street Project

A College Station city council majority denies a request to delete a future street project. After more than two hours of discussion at the September 12th meeting, the council voted six to one to keep on the city’s thoroughfare plan, connecting Balcones Drive between Welsh next to First Baptist Church and the rear of Jones Crossing shopping center. City staff was directed to work out the project, at the city’s expense, with the Jones Crossing developer and the church, who both requested the deletion. Bob Yancy voted against the motion. There was also council support for the city to split the cost of adding traffic signals at Harvey Mitchell Parkway at the intersection that serves the center and the Campus Village and Woodlands apartments. Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of College Station. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the city of College Station. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the Jones Crossing developer. Click below to hear some comments from the September 12, 2024 College Station city council meeting.  

DPS Announces Some Drivers License Offices Will Have Saturday Hours

The department of public safety’s (DPS) drivers license office in Bryan will be open a week from Saturday, September 28th from 8 a.m. until noon. DPS also announced Saturday hours for the 28th at drivers license offices in the Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth areas, and for the next two Saturdays, the 21st and the 28th, in Waco and the Austin and San Antonio areas. News release from the Texas Department of Public Safety: The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is adding Saturday appointments at select driver license offices statewide through the end of September. Participating offices—located in all regions of Texas—will be open for half days each Saturday through the end of the month to serve additional customers needing driver license or identification card renewal or replacement services by appointment only. Appointments for new Texas resident driver license and identification card services may also be available depending on location. Saturday appointments are available on Sept. 21 and 28, and customers can book them now online here. You can find additional information about DPS driver license services, including what to bring to your upcoming appointment, here.