Transportation
BY JESSICA SHORTEN
Montgomery County looks to widen Kuykendahl Road full cost of the project was not discussed at the meeting, and construction would be funded by future bonds, he said. 1488
Montgomery County Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley on Jan. 22 presented a potential plan to widen Kuykendahl Road to members of The Woodlands Township board of directors which he said could be funded through future county bond elections. According to details provided by Riley at the meeting, the road would be expanded between FM 1488 to Research Forest Drive and include: • An increase from two to four lanes • Additional traffic signals to Kendall Green Drive • Turn lane improvements The conditions Riley said if the May 3 bond election receives voter support, it will be several years before con- struction can begin after engineering and design work is completed. However, Riley said he has budgeted $8 million toward designing the project as part of the current bond planning process. The
Township board member Shelley Sekula-Gibbs said her main concern was managing speeding along the roadway and ensuring there would still be natural barriers such as trees to block out noise pollution affecting residential areas. “Anything we could do to clean up some of this congestion and make the traffic mobility and traf- fic movements easy ... I think it’s a major project for our road bond,” Riley said. What else? Sekula-Gibbs also requested a meeting with Riley to discuss the potential for a series of intersection and road improvements on major thoroughfares which surround The Woodlands such as FM 1488, FM 2978, the Grand Parkway and I-45. Sekula-Gibbs said the idea would be to create a “loop” around the township using existing
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roadways to help mitigate pass-through traffic in the area. However, Riley requested additional information from the township regarding the potential design and needs of the project, which would not be a part of the May bond.
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