Concrete medians on First Street in Humble raise concerns

By Tom Broad

Trey Guidry and Malcolm Dishongh are pleased with the street improvements on First Street in Humble except for one “small” thing – those newly-poured cement medians that prevent east- and west-bound drivers from turning left into their favorite businesses.
“I’m not negative about the improvements,” Guidry said. “I love what they did. It’s certainly improved the look of our neighborhood.
“We need the turning lanes. We don’t need the concrete medians,” he said.
Guidry is a State Farm insurance agent who offices in the 100 block of First Street in Humble. Dishongh recently moved his law office to the same building.
Guidry and Dishongh believe the concrete medians are creating more congestion along First Street. Prior to the medians, vehicles could turn left into a business. Now there are vehicle back-ups as vehicles slowly drive to designated U-turns to turn around to enter a business.
“Semi-trucks that come in from Highway 59 can’t turn left into the gas stations or other businesses,” said Dishongh. “They must drive all the way to Houston Avenue, turn left onto FM 1960, then come back down First Street.”
Both Guidry and Dishongh point to the much-more traveled 1960 Bypass with no cement medians.
“1960 Bypass has so much more traffic,” Guidry said, “seven lanes, red lights with no