Grand Parkway makes its way toward League City From the cover
The cost
The big picture
Average 2025 Grand Parkway toll rates by segment
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Section B-1 will cost $1.96 billion to build out, according to TxDOT documents. It will be primarily funded through toll revenue collected from users, Shirley said. Separately, a small portion of the project north of the Hwy. 35 interchange will be funded by state funds, Shirley said. A project cost breakdown is not yet available, but is slated to be released shortly after April, when proposals for the project are submitted, according to TxDOT documents. While toll rates have not yet been established for Section B-1, the Grand Parkway’s toll rates are estab- lished and updated on a regular basis in concert with local toll facilities, Shirley said. TxDOT reported $347.7 million in operating revenue for the Grand Parkway in 2024, according to its annual nancial report.
Segment D (Katy to Sugar Land) Segment E (Near Cypress) Segment F-1 (Cypress to FM 2920) Segment F-2 (Spring to I-45) Segment G (Near New Caney to US 90) Segment H (US 59 to US 90) Segment I-1
$0.55
Conceptualized in the early 1960s, Grand Parkway, or State Hwy. 99, is a proposed 180-mile circumferential highway that travels around the Greater Houston metro. It is now moving into the southeastern region, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The project will extend the highway 14 miles from FM 646 in League City to south of FM 2403 in Alvin, TxDOT documents show. The expansion project, titled “Section B-1,” is slated to start construction in 2027. Before then, technical and price proposals are due by the end of February, with a contract expected to be awarded in April and executed in July. Design and project mobilization will follow in the second half of 2026, said Kenneth Shirley, a TxDOT construction management engineer. According to TxDOT documents, the expansion will include construction for the following: • Four-lane tollway with discontinuous two- lane frontage roads and interchanges • Two direct connectors at State Hwy. 35 • State Hwy. 99 mainlanes north of Grand Parkway • Four direct connectors at I-45 interchange
$0.83
$1.13
$1.70
$1.00
$1.51
$1.01
$1.52
$1.07
$1.61
$1.60
$2.40
$1.48
(US 90 toward State Hwy. 146) Segment I-2 (SH 146 to I-45)
$2.22
$0.97
$1.46
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
What they said
On the business side, Bryan Bolton, League City Chamber of Commerce president, said he believes the expansion of Grand Parkway will be “transfor- mative” for League City’s identity. The roadway expansion, along with development coming to the city’s west side, will also help achieve the chamber’s mutual goal with League City’s Economic Development Corp., which is to provide a place where people can live and work in League City—or close to it—without having to drive to Houston.
“It’s going to be huge. It’s just going to really open up a lot of opportunities where we’re seen as an economic hub, like The Woodlands. That’s what we want for League City.” BRYAN BOLTON, PRESIDENT, LEAGUE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Grand Parkway expansion
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Segment B-2 Grand Parkway
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SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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