Lake Houston - Humble - Kingwood Edition | August 2025

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• Cost: $241,750 (engineering/design services) • Funding source: city of Humble

Upcoming projects

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1 South Houston Avenue widening and reconstruction

Ongoing projects

SORTERS MCCLELLAN RD.

WOODLAND HILLS DR.

Project: South Houston Avenue will be widened between Will Clayton Parkway and Atascocita Road, turning the existing two-lane asphalt roadway into a three-lane concrete roadway with curb and gutter. A new trac signal system, drainage improvements—such as adding underground storm sewers—are also included in the project. Update: Engineering work is 55% complete, according to Humble City Council July 24 meeting documents. • Timeline: January 2026-January 2028 • Cost: $1.13 million (engineering/design services) • Funding source: city of Humble 2 Meek and Manning roads paving, drainage improvements Project: Existing asphalt streets—including Meek and Manning roads—will be repaved under this project between North Houston Avenue and Townsen Boulevard. Construction will include installing new roadside drainage culverts, new water lines and re hydrants along Meek Road. Update: Engineering work is 60% complete, according to Humble meeting documents. • Timeline: August 2025-January 2026

1960 Motorists should expect increased trac in the area due to temporary lane closures throughout the project, as previously reported by Community Impact . Work crews 3 Kingwood Drive improvements Project: The Houston Public Works Department is working on upgrades to Kingwood Drive including repairing the curbs and the replacement of pavement markings at the intersection of Kingwood and Woodland Hills drives.

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GREENSRD. Update: The project was initially slated to run May 29- June 6, but the starting date shifted to late July as the contractor needed to complete a separate project rst, said Erin Jones, HPW’s public information ocer, via an Aug. 11 email. • Timeline: late July-TBD • Cost: $28,000 • Funding source: Houston District E Ofice ALDINE BENDER RD. will be on-site from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday until the project is complete. Weekend working hours will vary. The project is being funded using Houston District E service funds, which are allocated annually to each district to pay for services that aren’t already provided by the city of Houston.

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