TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Montgomery County to take over funding I-45 connector project
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TxDOT proposes Hwy. 242 widening
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The Texas Department of Transportation is gathering input on a proposed project along Hwy. 242 between I-45 and FM 1488 in Conroe. The project proposes widening Hwy. 242 and reducing the existing vegetated median to a raised median. A meeting will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. June 23 at Suchma Elementary School, 10261 Harp- ers School Road, Conroe. Public comments must be received by July 11. A presentation will also be posted at www.txdot.gov on June 21.
Montgomery County will fund a connector between I-45 and Hwy. 242 instead of the Texas Department of Transportation, according to a May 18 update from the metropolitan plan- ning organization Houston-Galveston Area Council. The county’s director of emer- gency management, Jason Millsaps, confirmed to Community Impact Newspaper that the funding will come out of the budgets of Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley and Pre- cinct 4 Commissioner James Metts. Both Riley and Metts have previously worked on the project’s design and announced the project last spring. The new direct-connect flyover road is being designed to carry northbound travelers on I-45 onto eastbound Hwy. 242 with no traffic interruptions, as previously reported by Community Impact Newspaper .
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Hwy. 105 improvements The Texas Department of Transpor- tation is constructing raised medians and widening Hwy. 105 between FM 2854 and I-45 in the Montgomery and Conroe areas. The project also includes traffic signal modifications. As of a May 1 update—the latest avail- able update from TxDOT—the project was 18% complete. Contractor ISI is working on the project. Cost: $9.83 million Timeline: Oct. 4, 2021- third quarter 2023 Funding sources: state, federal
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The road will join existing flyovers connecting northbound I-45 to westbound Hwy. 242 and westbound Hwy. 242 to southbound I-45. Riley previously noted the new road will open as a nontolled road. The H-GAC has scheduled the proj- ect to receive $14.9 million in local funding from Montgomery County for fiscal year 2023. Ben Thompson contributed to this report.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MAY 31. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT COMNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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