Transportation
BY HANNAH BROL
Ongoing projects
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VALLEY RANCH PKWY.
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LAKE HOUSTON WILDERNESS PARK
Porter
494
FORD RD.
OLD SORTERS RD.
Kingwood
1 Northpark Drive overpass Project: This project will expand Northpark Drive from four to six lanes between Hwy. 59 and Russell Palmer Road, and add an overpass. Update: In a November newsletter, Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin said progress has been made on the drainage and sidewalk project components. • Timeline: spring 2023-fall 2025 • Cost: $61.5 million • Funding sources: city of Houston, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10/Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority
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NORTHPARK DR.
RUSSELL PALMER RD.
SORTERS MCCLELLAN RD.
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TOWNSEN BLVD.
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UPPER LAKE DR.
LAKE HOUSTON PKWY.
Humble
1960
HOUSTON AVE.
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Ongoing projects
F I RST ST.
LAKE HOUSTON
1960
TWIGSWORTH LANE
2 Atascocita Road, Blackstone Trails Drive intersection improvements Project: This project will install a new traffic signal at the intersection of Atascocita Road and Blackstone Trails Drive. Update: In a Nov. 6 email, Precinct 3 Communications Manager Jeannie Peng said construction is underway and this project is on track to be completed by the end of November. • Timeline: third quarter-fourth quarter • Cost: $370,000 • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 3 FM 1960 widening Project: This two-part project will widen FM 1960 from a four-lane asphalt roadway to a six-lane divided concrete roadway with a raised median, curb and gutter, channelized left-turn lanes and a 5-foot sidewalk on both sides of the roadway. Segment A runs from Business FM 1960 to east of Twigsworth Lane, while Segment B continues to the western approach of the McKay Bridge at Lake Houston. Segment B will also include the construction of a new bridge that will span over Atascocita Road, West Lake Houston Parkway and Farmingham Road. Update: In a Nov. 8 email, Bambi Hall, a public information officer with the Texas Department of Transportation, said construction is underway and expected to continue on the project through 2025. • Timeline: late 2021-December 2025 (Segment A),
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WILL CLAYTON PKWY.
TIMBER FOREST DR.
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59
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CRICKET MILL DR
BLACKSTONE TRAILS DR.
GREENS RD.
Atascocita
MADERA RUN PKWY.
LAKE HOUSTON PKWY.
ALDINE BENDER RD.
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project wrapped up in August. • Timeline: July-August • Cost: $200,000 • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 6 Loop 494 expansion
Completed projects
4 Will Clayton Parkway sidewalk installation
Project: This project installed a 500-foot section of sidewalk on the south side of Will Clayton Parkway from Cricket Mill Drive to Woodland Hills Drive. Update: In a Nov. 6 email, Peng said construction on this project wrapped up in August. • Timeline: July-August • Cost: $50,000 • Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 5 Atascocita Road restriping Project: This project restriped Atascocita Road from Old Humble Road to just south of FM 1960. Update: In a Nov. 6 email, Peng said construction on this
Project: This project expanded Loop 494 between a half-mile north of Kingwood Drive and north of Sorters McClellan Road. Update: In a Nov. 8 email, Hall said construction on this project wrapped up in September and the contractor is finishing the final check list. • Timeline: July 15, 2019-Sept. 1, 2023 • Cost: $17.56 million • Funding sources: 80% federal, 20% state
late 2021-spring 2024 (Segment B) • Cost: $58.2 million (Segment A),
$70 million (Segment B) • Funding source: TxDOT
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