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Earth Day scholarship program promotes stewardship
Many academic scholarship programs are based on written essays that express an applicant’s ideas about a certain topic. But when the Brazos Valley Earth Day committee decided to develop a scholarship...
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Drive cautiously as new traffic controllers are installed
The City of College Station Traffic division on Monday will begin installing new controllers on the city’s 78 traffic signals. The project is expected to take about two weeks and will include new...
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Poached traffic signs create safety, cost issues
Stealing traffic signs may seem like a harmless prank, but these signs aren’t intended to be apartment decorations. They are designed to protect public safety by regulating, guiding and warning...
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Five things to watch at Thursday’s city council meetings
The College Station City Council gathers Thursday at city hall for its workshop (5 p.m.) and regular (7 p.m.) meetings. Here are five items to watch.
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Bypass Holleman to Harvey Mitchell to ease postgame traffic stress
As much as we all love Aggie football, there’s one thing we dread when football season arrives – the gameday traffic around Kyle Field. One of our most congested roads after games is Holleman Drive...
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New single-stream recycling program starts in January
The City of College Station’s new single-stream recycling program allows you to put your recyclables in one container. If you live in a single-family home, you’ll get a blue 95-gallon recycling bin...
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Podcast: Our first look at single-stream recycling numbers
College Station’s single-stream recycling program made its debut in January and, since then, we've all wanted to see the data. Has participation been good? Are citizens putting the right stuff in their...
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5 ways you can make single-stream recycling work even better
If you’re a homegrown, organic eatin’, treehuggin’ hippie like me, you’ll find a way to recycle no matter where you are. Our enthusiasm for recycling sometimes makes for cheeky comments from family and...
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Podcast: The state of the Zika threat in College Station
Many experts with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control to believe Texas and Louisiana will become the next hot spots for the Zika virus. In this edition of our podcast,...
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New fee will help address street maintenance concerns
College Station residents made clear in the 2016 citizen survey that they expect our streets to be properly maintained and rehabilitated. After two public hearings and much deliberation, the council...
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Concrete streets will save city money in long run
In November, the College Station City Council directed the city to move from asphalt to concrete when building new residential and collector streets. A year-long review found that while initial...
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Hanover honored on golden anniversary of University Drive underpass
A half-century ago today, the complexion of the Northgate area was forever altered with the ceremonial opening of the underpass at University Drive and Wellborn Road, the first of its kind in Brazos...
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Public Works connects us, enhances our quality of life
As we observe National Public Works Week, we honor and thank the employees of College Station's Public Works and Water Services departments for their professionalism, hard work and the high level of...
View ArticleImprovements along FM2818 to boost safety, mobility
It’s not exactly a secret that traffic flow remains a dominant issue as College Station continues to expand. One of our most heavily congested corridors is FM2818 (Harvey Mitchell Parkway) from...
View Article4 ways to fight illegal dumping and keep our city clean
You’ve seen the eyesores. The piles of garbage, tires, paint cans, and appliances that someone carelessly dumped by the side of the road or in an open field. The practice is illegal, but it still...
View ArticlePublic works enhances our community’s quality of life
This week marks the 58th annual National Public Works Week, which celebrates the thousands of men and women across the United States and Canada who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services...
View ArticleNew sanitation schedules and rates start in July
College Station’s continued growth has led to significant changes to the city’s sanitation and recycling collection schedules, as well as the first increase in sanitation rates since 2006. The changes...
View ArticleUniversity Drive pedestrian upgrades near completion
Early last year, the city began constructing sidewalks, medians and traffic signals to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers on University Drive along the Texas A&M campus. The...
View ArticlePublic works boosts our quality of life
This week marks the 59th annual National Public Works Week, which celebrates the thousands of men and women across the United States and Canada who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services...
View ArticlePublic Works’ new truck engineered to save lives
Since our workers don’t have a giant, friendly Transformer to protect them from harm, we now have the next best thing. The Public Works Department’s new attenuator truck is designed to save lives and...
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