TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
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BLUEBERRY HILLS RD.
3 FM 1097 widening The widening project on FM 1097 between Lake Conroe Hills Drive and Blueberry Hills Road was 22% completed as of a June 6 update from TxDOT. The project widens FM 1097 in Willis from two to four lanes with a continuous left turn lane. Another $14.86 million widening project on FM 1097 between Anderson Road and Lake Conroe Hills Drive is 99% complete. Timeline: second quarter 2022-first quarter 2024 Cost: $16.1 million Funding sources: TxDOT, federal 4 FM 2854 improvements TxDOT crews are working on an overlay project on FM 2854 between Hwy. 105 and the San Jacinto River. The project, which was 23% completed as of a June 6 update, includes repairing the road surface and adding turn lanes at Hwy. 105 and Collier Cemetery, Deer Lake Lodge and Ponderosa roads. Timeline: January 2023-first quarter 2024 Cost: $10.41 million Funding source: TxDOT
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1097
WILLIS
1097
LAKE CONROE HILLS DR.
LAKE CONROE
MONTGOMERY
75
830
1484
1484
105
45
1
149
MCCALEB RD.
2
336
4
KEENAN CUT OFF RD.
2854
1485
CONROE
3083
WEST FORK SAN JACINTO RIVER
1314
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ONGOING PROJECTS 1 Hwy. 105 improvements
struct and widen a portion of Hwy. 105 east of Conroe. The project, taking place between South Loop 336 and FM 1484, will widen the road from two to four lanes. It was 13% completed as of a June 6 update from TxDOT. Timeline: February 2023-third quarter 2026 Cost: $88.92 million Funding source: TxDOT
2021 was 85% completed as of a June 6 update from TxDOT, the latest available. Timeline: October 2021-first quarter 2024 Cost: $9.83 million Funding sources: TxDOT, federal 2 Hwy. 105 widening A TxDOT project is underway to recon-
The Texas Department of Transportation is adding a raised median to Hwy. 105 be- tween FM 2854 in Montgomery and I-45, along with pavement widening, traffic signals and pavement markings. The proj- ect that’s been in the works since October
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF JUNE 6. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT COMNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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