The Woodlands | January 2023

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David Memorial Drive work to commence in 2023

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BY KYLEE HAUETER

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Ocials and community leaders from the cities of Shenandoah and Conroe as well as Montgomery County broke ground to mark the beginning of work on the exten- sion of David Memorial Drive on Dec. 6. The project, which is estimated to cost $9.1 million, is set to begin in April. Montgomery County is contributing $5 million to the expansion; Conroe is contributing $2.1 million; and Shenandoah is contributing $2 million. The project will extend David Memorial north to Hwy. 242, and ocials said planning has taken several years because of the number of entities involved. “This project has been in the works for a number of years, and thankfully we have managed to acquire the funding to complete this project,” Shenandoah Mayor John Escoto said Dec. 6. “I want to thank everyone who is standing here who’s responsible for this.” State Rep. Steve Toth, RThe Woodlands, said at the event that former Shenandoah Mayor Ritch Wheeler did a lot of work during his tenure—which ended in 2022—to get the project started. “Really I was just bringing a lot of people together,” Wheeler said. “It was a teamwork eort by everybody, and we nally got it across the nish line.” Wes Hamilton, senior marketing and communications

City of Conroe City of Shenandoah

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Existing road Planned road

Kuykendahl Road turn lane construction

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The contracting company Teamwork will start work in January to add a right-turn lane from northbound Kuykendahl Road onto eastbound Research Forest Drive as well as extending the left-turn lane from northbound Kuykendahl Road onto westbound Research Forest Drive. Work was pushed back from a project- ed December start due to weather. Timeline: December 2022-TBD Cost: $212,224 Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3

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C patients and help ambulances access the hospital. Toth said the road will also ease congestion from Hwy. 242 and I-45. specialist for Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, said the expansion will ease access to the hospital for Tree and shrub clearing will be completed no later than Feb. 1, Shenandoah ocials have stated. That work was scheduled to begin in late 2022. Bidding for construction on the expansion project was expected to begin in February, according to City Adminis- trator Kathie Reyer.

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Grogans Mill Road and Research Forest Drive turn lane construction Turn lane improvements at Research Forest Drive and Grogans Mill Road were slated to begin in December to extend the westbound acceleration lane from southbound Grogans Mill to westbound Research Forest and to extend the westbound Research Forest to northbound Grogans Mill, said John Bleyl, owner of Bleyl Engineering. Montgomery County Precinct 2 is

Gosling Road expansion completed with new four-lane bridge

BY VANESSA HOLT

County Precinct 3, which contributed $4 million in 2015 road bond funds to the project. A bridge dedication was held Dec. 6 when the new southbound lanes were opened. Final work on restriping and intersection completion at Gosling and Creekside Forest was slated to wrap up early in 2023 with temporary lane closures and trac shifts continuing, ocials said. The project marks the completion of 2015 road bond projects in Precinct 3.

A project to expand the Gosling Road bridge spanning Montgomery and Harris counties was completed in December. According to Montgomery County Precinct 3, the $9.4 million partnership with Harris County Precinct 3 resulted in a 2,100-foot bridge with a total of four lanes. In addition to adding two 12-foot lanes to the bridge, the project widened Gosling Road to four lanes between Creekside Forest Drive and Gatewood Reserve Lane, according to Montgomery

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handling construction, he said. Timeline: December 2022-TBD Cost: $240,000

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Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 2, Texas Department of Trans- portation

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