Lake Houston - Humble - Kingwood Edition | July 2025

Transportation

Events

BY EMILY LINCKE CONTRIBUTIONS BY HANNAH BROL & WESLEY GARDNER

BY GRACE HU

Movies Under the Moon Kings Harbor will host a free outdoor showing of the PG-13, 2007 lm, “Transformers.” Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. • Aug. 15, 8:30 p.m. • Free • Kings Harbor, 4501 Magnolia Cove Drive, Kingwood • https://kings-harbor.com North Mississippi Allstars Enjoy a live performance by the North Mississippi Allstars, a band that brings a unique blend of blues, rock and soul. • Aug. 16, 7 p.m. • $40 • Charles Bender Performing Arts Center, 611 Higgins St., Humble • www.charlesbendertheater.com Senior Health & Wellness Expo Pathway to Wellness Connect with experts and other community members while receiving tips on wellness, nance and health insurance. The program is aimed toward seniors. • Aug. 20, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. • Free (registration preferred) • Humble Civic Center & Arena Complex, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble • www.humblecc.com

Ongoing projects

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1 FM 1960 widening projects Project: This Texas Department of Transportation project consists of two segments—A and B—that will widen FM 1960 from a four-lane asphalt roadway to a six-lane divided concrete roadway, as previously reported by Community Impact . The overall project will add a raised median, curb and gutter, channelized left- turn lanes and a ve-foot sidewalk on both sides of the road. Segment A runs from Business FM 1960 to east of Twigsworth Lane. Segment B continues to the western approach of the McKay Bridge at Lake Houston and also includes the construction of a new bridge. Update: Main lane concrete pavement construction in Segment A has been nished, Bambi Hall, public information oªcer for TxDOT’s Houston District, said via a July 16 email. • Timeline: late 2021-late 2025 • Cost: $58.2 million (Segment A), $70 million (Segment B) • Funding source: TxDOT 2 Northpark Drive reconstruction and overpass projects Project: The Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority is overseeing construction of the Northpark Drive overpass and reconstruction project, Ralph De Leon, LHRA and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10

Baby Sprouts Lapsit Geared for toddlers under 18 months old, this interactive story time program helps develop early infant literacy and language skills through songs, books, baby signs and playtime. Parents are required to stay for the entire duration. • Aug. 5, 11-11:45 a.m. • Free (tickets at the children’s reference desk) • Kingwood Branch Library, 4400 Bens View Lane, Kingwood • www.hcpl.net/locations/kw Mother Goose Spend time with your toddler at Mother Goose, a gentle early-learning family program geared toward infants and early toddlers, with age-appropriate activities such as play, sing-alongs and rhymes. Registration opens July 30, a week before the program begins. • Aug. 6, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. • Free (registration required) • Atascocita Branch Library, 19520 Pinehurst Trail Drive, Atascocita • www.hcpl.net/locations/ata

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Tales for Tots Bring your toddler to enjoy an action-packed story time, followed by an age-appropriate craft. Registration opens July 30, one week before the program starts. • Aug. 6, 10:15-11 a.m. • Free (registration required) • Atascocita Branch Library, 19520 Pinehurst Trail Drive, Atascocita • www.hcpl.net/locations/ata

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administrator, said in a July 1 email. Phase 1 includes a new overpass over the Union Pacic Corp. railroad tracks and Loop 494 along with frontage roads on both sides of the overpass, as previously reported. Additionally, the project will widen Northpark Drive between Hwy. 59 and the overpass. Phase 2 will expand Northpark Drive from four to six lanes between Woodland Hills Drive and Russell Palmer Road, replace bridges at the Kingwood Diversion Ditch and the crossing at Ben’s Branch, and install drainage

infrastructure along the roadway. Update: Phase 1 of this project is ongoing with progress in July including pouring concrete and completing sidewalks and driveways, according to LHRA’s website. • Timeline: A April 2023-third or fourth quarter 2026 (Phase 1), B October 2028-October 2030 (Phase 2) • Cost: $149.6 million (both project phases) • Funding sources: city of Houston, TIRZ

PORTER 23611 Hwy 59 (281) 354-0733 HUMBLE 19322 US-59 (281) 540-7202

KINGWOOD 1420 Kingwood Dr (281) 359-7115 ATASCOCITA 7034 FM 1960 E (281) 812-3100