Transportation
BY KELLY SCHAFLER
Grand Parkway frontage road projects gain $58.6M
The Texas Department of Transportation will receive a
engage residents on sound wall designs and position these projects for funding opportunities like this H-GAC allocation.” What else? It’ll cost at least $108 million to fill in the remaining frontage roads between FM 1093 and I-10, but it could cost more with rising construction costs, Grigar said. The county will fund the remain- der of the cost through county road bonds or other regional and statewide monies. Grigar said county staff hope to receive an additional $20 million from TxDOT, leaving the county to cover roughly $29.4 million unless more grant funding is allocated. “We will look into the shortfalls of the other projects and deter- mine how much is remaining for reallocation,” he said. Looking ahead Construction on the frontage roads is expected to begin in early 2026 and finish in by the end of 2028, according to the release.
$58.6 million grant to help fund future frontage road projects along the Grand Parkway from FM 1093 to I-10 in Katy. The grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council will cover more than half of the estimated $108 million project costs, said Dwayne Grigar, director of planning and infrastructure for Fort Bend County Precinct 1. This funding, previously set to be paid by the county to TxDOT, will allow county staff to reallocate funding to other Precinct 1 mobility projects, he said. Quote of note “First, I wish to thank the lead- ership of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for their partnership— this funding marks a significant step forward for our community,” Precinct 1 Commissioner Vincent Morales said in a Jan. 13 news release. “When I took the lead on these projects in 2022, my focus was clear: expedite timelines,
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Funding frontage roads Three frontage road projects will receive funding from the H-GAC grant.
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