College Station city councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Friday, April 17, 2026.
Topics include housing developments inside and outside city limits, the status of the city owned former Macy’s building and other city owned real estate, fire department union activity, developing the fiscal year 2027 budget, and the council’s relationships with state lawmakers.
More than $1.5 million dollars in federal money will be spent to build a shared use path along East 29th Street between Carter Creek Parkway and Autumn Circle. The Bryan city council was told at this week’s meeting (April 14) from public works director Jayson Barfknecht said the local metropolitan planning organization awarded the federal money. Barfknecht said the project, which will be built along the KBTX side of East 29th, will be administered by the Texas Department of Transportation. The city’s share of the project cost is $380,750 dollars plus any cost overruns. Click HERE to read and download background information. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials. Click HERE to read and download a resolution approved by the Bryan city council. Click HERE to read and download the agreement between the Bryan city council and the Texas Department of Transportation. Councilman James Edge, who regularly drives this section of East 29th, welcomed the improvements that will benefit those who have either walk in the street or on a dirt path. Construction will start by the end of March 2027. Click below to hear comments from the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. Listen to “Bryan city council approves a contract to build a shared use path along East 29th between Carter Creek Parkway and Autumn Circle” on Spreaker.
The effort to build an interstate highway around Bryan/College Station is now in its 11th year. Another step to promote the construction of Interstate 14 are resolutions by the Bryan and College Station city councils. Click HERE to read and download a map of the proposed Interstate 14 from the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition. A resolution asking Congress to include the project in the next federal surface transportation authorization bill was unanimously approved by the Bryan council on April 14th. And the College Station council will consider similar action at its April 23rd meeting. The resolution mentions I-14 and the I-214 loop around Bryan and College Station. Nicknamed the “forts to ports” corridor, I-14 and eight loops and spurs will connect a dozen military facilities from multiple locations in west and south Texas and the Georgia coast. The resolution says the 1,300 mile project also reflects the need to meet 21st century transportation and economic challenges. Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of Bryan. Click HERE to read and download the resolution passed at the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the proposed resolution to be considered at the April 23, 2026 College Station city council meeting.
The Bryan city council, without comment at Tuesday’s meeting (April 14), unanimously awards a $1.45 million dollar contract to replace the climate control system at the city’s newest fire station. Click HERE to read and download background information about the contract. Click HERE to read and download the contract that was approved at the April 14, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. For five of its eight years in operation, BFD station two north of Villa Maria and west of Texas has had temporary air conditioning equipment at a cost of almost $460,000 dollars. Surplus money in the city’s general fund will be spent on the unbudgeted cost. It is expected that the new HVAC (heating/ventilation/air conditioning) system will be running by July of 2027. Background information says the city is bearing the cost after consulting with external legal and subject matter experts. That followed unsuccessful attempts to get the building’s original architect and contractor to resolve the problems.
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