The Woodlands Edition | March 2026

Transportation

BY VANESSA HOLT & KARA WILLIS

Upcoming projects

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1 Research Forest Drive at Gosling Road turn lane extension Project: The project will extend dual left-turn lanes from westbound Research Forest Drive to southbound Gosling Road. They will also be extended from Gosling Road to Research Forest Drive in both directions. Update: Work onto southbound Gosling was nearly complete, and utility relocation was upcoming for the other extensions as of March 11, ocials said. • Timeline: Construction will begin this spring on the remaining improvements. • Cost: $25,500 (design) • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond 2 Woodlands Parkway at Kuykendahl Road turn lane extension Project: The project will add a left-turn lane and extend lane storage from northbound Kuykendahl Road to Woodlands Parkway. Update: The left-turn lane addition was complete, and the right-turn lane was being prepared for construction after utility relocation as of March 11, ocials said. • Timeline: Construction will begin by the late spring/ early summer. • Cost: $88,240 (design), $149,110 (left-turn lane construction) • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond 3 Rayford Road and Discovery Creek Boulevard trac signal Project: The project will signalize the intersection and add left-turn lanes in both directions on Rayford Road. Update: Design was nearly complete in March. • Timeline: Construction will begin in the summer. • Cost: $132,045 (design) • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond

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Update: As of the most recent information released by TxDOT March 10, the project was 79% complete. • Timeline: Construction will be completed late this year. • Cost: $29.11 million • Funding sources: federal, state funds 5 Lake Woodlands Drive shoulder replacement Project: The project will replace the asphalt shoulders between Northshore Park and Kuykendahl Road. Update: Construction and striping is underway. • Timeline: Work is nearly complete. • Cost: $668,461 • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond 6 Woodlands Parkway shoulder replacement Project: The project will replace the asphalt shoulders

99 TOLL between FM 2978 and I-45. Update: Construction has started, ocials said. • Timeline: The milling process is underway west of Lake Woodlands Drive. • Cost: $1.33 million • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond

Spring

Completed projects

7 Research Forest Drive shoulder replacement Project: The project replaced the asphalt shoulders between Grogans Mill Road and Egypt Lane. Update: The project was completed, ocials said. • Timeline: The project was completed in March. • Cost: $1.33 million • Funding source: Montgomery County road bond

Ongoing projects

4 Hwy. 242 widening Project: TxDOT is using the existing right of way on Hwy. 242 between FM 1488 and I-45 to widen lanes and restripe the intersections.

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