Transportation
BY DANICA LLOYD
3 Cypress North Houston Road widening Project: The two-lane roadway will be widened to a four-lane divided concrete boulevard from Jones Road to Perry Road. Update: This project is in the design phase. • Timeline: early 2026 bid • Cost: $16 million • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 4 Greenhouse Road tunnel under Hwy. 290 Project: Officials will construct an underpass beneath Hwy. 290 from Mound Road to north of Hwy. 290, extending Greenhouse Road to Skinner Road. Update: This project is in the design phase. • Timeline: early 2026 bid • Cost: $45 million • Funding sources: local, state and federal
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Ongoing projects
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5 Greenhouse Road bridge over Cypress Creek Project: Harris County Precinct 3 is completing a four- lane boulevard section south of Mound Road. Update: This project is in the construction phase. • Timeline: first quarter 2025 completion • Cost: $8.7 million • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 6 Mueschke Road widening Project: Mueschke Road is being widened from two to four lanes from Amira Drive to Draper Road for improved drainage. Update: The project is expected to finish construction this fall, according to an update from the infrastructure division of Harris County Precinct 4. The next phase of the project—from Draper Road to FM 2920—is in the design phase. • Timeline: set to be complete this fall • Cost: $7.75 million • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 4 mobility funds
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• Cost: $10.5 million (Phase 2), $6.5 million (Phase 3), $14 million (Phase 4) • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 2 North Eldridge Parkway widening Project: Harris County Precinct 3 will widen North Eldridge Parkway to a four-lane divided concrete boulevard from south of Pine Drive to south of Lakewood Meadow Drive. The project is located near Cypress Park and the confluence of Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek. Update: This project is in the design phase. • Timeline: late 2025 bid • Cost: $5 million • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3
Upcoming projects
1 Grant Road widening Project: Harris County Precinct 3 will widen Grant Road from a two-lane roadway to a four-lane divided concrete boulevard in phases: from A Spring Cypress Road to Shaw Road (Phase 2), from B Shaw Road to Telge Road (Phase 3), and from north of C Telge Road to Cypress Rosehill Road (Phase 4). Grant Road was widened from Lakewood Forest Drive to Louetta Road between 2017-2019. Update: This project is in the study phase and is expected to start going out to bid in 2026. • Timeline: early 2026 bid (Phase 2), late 2026 bid (Phase 3), late 2027 bid (Phase 4)
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