Culinary Institute Lenôtre will be demolished.
- Founded in 1998, culinary school and restaurant
- Offers degree programs, certificates, nondegree options
- 400 students with 95% employment rate for graduates
- One of top 22 culinary schools in nation
- Many Booker T. Washington students attend
John G. Osborne Elementary will be 1200 feet away from the expanded freeway.
Community Safety
- Increased speed on the access roads that will impact pedestrians and cyclists
- More impermeable concrete will increase flooding and urban heat island effect.*
From TxDOT’s Community Impacts Assessment:
“There is potential for some negative impacts to community cohesion in the Northside/Northline super neighborhood due to a loss of some services. No mitigation measures specifically for community cohesion impacts are proposed, but numerous direct mitigation measures are proposed for Northside/Northline.”
Displacements include (from north to south)
- Passion Cabaret
- BNW Auto Repair
- Taj Inn & Suites
- Denny’s
- North Freeway Business Park
- Capps Van & Truck Rental
- Supreme Mattress and Furniture
- Walgreens
- Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken & Seafood
- Houston Urology Partners
- Popeyes
- Monsoon Inn & Suites
- Casa Quetzal – unaccompanied minor shelter
- Houston Pediatric Clinic
- Kindred Healthcare
- Nilkanth K. Patel, RPH – pharmacist
- Jenny’s Deli
- Javy Auto Sales
- 1 Stop Income Tax & Insurance
- Regions Bank
- North Houston Medical Plaza
- Scope Vision Care
- Auto Fit – car parts
- Safe-Keeping Self Storage
- Symphony Inn
- Convenient Urgent Care
- PGM of Texas – automotive recycling
- HTS Inc. – construction engineers
- Dave Cory Motors
- Bradley Tractor City
- Lone Star Auto Sales
- Town Inn
- McDonald’s
- Guest Inn & Suites
- Advance LED Lights
- Farmers Insurance
- Sleep Shop Super Store
- Drive Away Autos
- Centro Christiano Alpha Omega – church
- Southwind Motel
- Southern Pacific Foods Corporation – wholesaler
- Faith Tabernacle Church
- Las Haciendas Design & Engineering
- JCI Grill
- Hero Performance – gym
- Feine Coffee
- Farmers Insurance
- Culinary Institute Lenôtre
- Herc Rentals
- Savvi Commercial and Office Furniture
- Northline Adult Daycare Center
- Texas Health and Human Services Offices
- International Service Org
- Southern Ice Equipment Distributors
- Houston Supply & Manufacturing Co – oilfield supply
- Creative Works – office furniture
- Prime Automotive Warehouse
- Derby Logistics Inc
* Urban Heat Island (UHI)
Urban heat island (UHI) is a health concern. Increasing the percentage of impervious surface is linked to an increase in surface temperature.
The extent of tree canopy in an area can have a direct effect on temperatures and health. Higher levels of tree canopy coverage can help curb urban heat island effects by lowering temperatures. Not only is extreme heat the primary weather-related cause of death in the U.S. according to 2018 National Weather Service Office estimates but hot temperatures also create the weather conditions necessary to produce ground-level ozone.
Loughner CP, Allen DJ, Zhang D-L, Pickering KE, Dickerson RR, Landry L. Roles of Urban Tree Canopy and Buildings in Urban Heat Island Effects: Parameterization and Preliminary Results. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2012; 51:1775-1793.