The Woodlands Edition | July 2022

TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

COMPILED BY VANESSA HOLT

1488

W. PANTHER CREEK DR.

242

INTERFAITH WAY.

BRANTDALE RD.

2978

1314

N. HAVENRIDGE DR.

COCHRANS CROSSING DR.

WATERBEND COVE

E E K

LEXINGTON BLVD.

UPCOMING PROJECT Hwy. 242 widening between I-45 and FM 1488 The Texas Department of Transporta- tion in June hosted virtual meetings and an in-person meeting in Conroe to gather input on a proposed project along Hwy. 242 between I-45 and FM 1488. The project proposes adding an eastbound and westbound lane to Hwy. 242 and reducing the exist- ing vegetated median by 20 feet, converting it to a raised median. Three detention basins would also be constructed along Hwy. 242, which would require an additional 21 acres of right of way. According to TxDOT, Hwy. 242 would consist of six 12-foot lanes with 10-foot shoulders under the proposed plan. Public comments were also solicited on the proposed project through July 11. A prerecorded presentation can be viewed at www.txdot.gov by searching “SH 242 from FM 1488.”

GATEWOOD RESERVE LN.

CREEKSIDE FOREST DR.

MAP NOT TO SCALE N

ONGOING PROJECTS

Cost: $2.99 million Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3 3 Hwy. 242 overpass The project will construct a grade sepa- ration along Hwy. 242 from west to east of FM 1314. This is one of four projects to construct an overpass at Hwy. 242 and FM 1314. The project was 89% complete as of June 24. Timeline: July 2018-third quarter 2022 Cost: $24.35 million Funding sources: federal funds, Texas Department of Transportation COMPLETED PROJECT 4 Interfaith Way pavement repair A project to repair the pavement and underground storm sewer between Brantdale Road and North Havenridge Drive was completed in June, accord- ing to Montgomery County Precinct 3’s June 15 report. The repairs were part of ongoing eorts to address damaged or failing road pavement. Timeline: June 2022 Cost: not available Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3

each direction as well as the two addition- al lanes for a 1,817-foot bridge over Spring Creek. Northbound Gosling will be re- striped at the intersection with Creekside Forest for two lanes and a left-turn lane. Timeline: December 2021-early 2023 Cost: $8.2 million (Montgomery County Precinct 3 contributing $4 million) Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 3, Harris County Precinct 3 2 Birnham Woods Drive widening Portions of Birnham Woods Drive will be closed this summer to ensure that lanes are open before August to prevent disruptions in school trac, according to Montgomery County Precinct 3. A project to widen Birnham Woods from two to four lanes from Waterbend Cove to Rayford Road began work in March, ocials said. The completed project will result in two lanes in each direction in addition to a left-turn lane at Birnham Woods and Waterbend and at Birnham Woods and Lexington Boulevard. Asphalt overlay between Lexington and Water- bend Cove was scheduled the week of June 20. Additional pavement and widen- ing work was also underway at Birnham Woods and Waterbend Cove. The section between Lexington and Trophy Ridge will be closed through early August. Timeline: March 2022-mid-2023

1 Gosling Road widening Work on a new bridge is underway over Spring Creek as part of a 14- to 15-month project to widen Gosling Road to four lanes between Creekside Forest Drive and Gatewood Reserve Lane. The project is a joint eort between Montgomery County Precinct 3 and Harris County Precinct 3. According to Montgomery County Precinct 3, contractor NBG Constructors nished placing bridge beams and began panel placement for the new bridge for southbound trac as of June 15. The concrete for the two southbound lanes between Gatewood Reserve and the bridge was also poured. Upcoming work scheduled included additional concrete pours for the bridge deck and bridge panel placement. The project will create two 12-foot lanes in

1488

242

GOSLING RD.

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