College Station city council approves a change in the design of rebuilding a section of Rock Prairie Road East

This podcast contains comments from the March 26, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The College Station city council unanimously approves changing the design of about one-half mile of rebuilding Rock Prairie Road between Town Lake and Fitch.Project manager Raquel Gonzales says moving the road by nine feet to avoid acquiring additional right of way, relocating a natural gas line, and bypassing a pond will not result in motorists dealing with a jog.City documents say the cost of the design change is $92,406 dollars and will add 90 days to finish the design.But that is compared with keeping the original design, which city documents says requires buying property and relocating natural gas lines.Acquiring the land would take between one and two and a half years and at a cost of $174,000 dollars.Relocating the natural gas lines has an estimated cost between $500,000 and $1 million dollars and take one and a half years.Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of College Station.