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UPCOMING PROJECTS 2 Walden Road overlay project An overlay project will expand Walden Road from four lanes to ve lanes beginning at Hwy. 105 and continuing 2.63 miles north into Precinct 1, according to Precinct 1 Special Projects Coordinator Je ery Johnson. The contract was award- ed Aug. 9 and is handled by Montgomery County; however, Conroe is in an interlocal agreement to contribute no more than $867,020. The county is responsible for an estimated $2.75 million, Woolley said. Timeline: TBD Cost: $3.6 million Funding sources: Montgomery County, Conroe 3 I-45 frontage road extension Construction bids have been awarded for a frontage road extension along I-45 between FM 830 and FM 1097 in the Willis area, according to Black. Construction is anticipated to start in September as of an August update from TxDOT. Timeline: September-TBD Cost: $7 million Funding sources: TxDOT, federal funds 4 Old Conroe Road expansion Old Conroe Road will be connected to Sgt. Ed Holcombe Boulevard South with a pair
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of bridges across Lake Creek and the West Fork of the San Jacinto River in Conroe. Michael Keck—the project manager for the rm engineering the project, LJA Engineer- ing—said in a July 27 email there has been no signi cant changes to the status of the project, which is still under federal review.
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CONROE TO ADD WAY FINDING SIGNS Tommy Woolley, director of capital projects and transportation for the city of Conroe, said in a July email a project to install 37 way nding signs directing residents and visitors to important places in downtown Conroe was awarded to Sarvicus LLC for con-
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struction in July. The project was awarded
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for an estimated cost of $285,136 and will take a projected four months to fabricate and install signs. As of July 28, construction had not begun.
ONGOING PROJECTS 1 Hwy. 105 improvements A project on Hwy. 105 to add raised medians, widen the pavement and modify tra c signals between FM 2854 and I-45 was 24% complete as of an Aug. 1 update from the Texas Department of Transportation. According to Public
Information O cer Emily Black, as of Aug. 9 the contractor was experiencing material supply shortage issues, and an updated timeline could not be given. Timeline: October 2021-third quarter 2023 Cost: $9.83 million Funding sources: federal, state
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 9. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT COMNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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