Transportation
Willis
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
Montgomery
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• Cost: $52.35 million • Funding source: state funds 3 I-45 ramp reversal
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1 Eastbound flyover construction on Hwy. 242 Project: Montgomery County commissioners approved a $19.1 million funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation in June to fund a flyover from northbound I-45 to eastbound Hwy. 242, and as of Aug. 13, $232,753 had been spent on project engineering. Update: TxDOT was slated to begin the bid process in August with construction starting by the end of the year. • Timeline: late 2024-TBD • Cost: $19.1 million • Funding sources: Montgomery County, federal funds
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FISH CREEK THOROUGHFARE 149 Update: The contractor is working on zones consisting of about three intersections at a time, from the north to the south side, according to TxDOT. As of the most recent information available Aug. 7, the project was 31% complete. • Timeline: Oct. 23, 2023-first quarter 2026 • Cost: $29.11 million • Funding sources: federal, state funds Project: TxDOT is using an existing right of way on Hwy. 242 between FM 1488 and I-45 to widen lanes and restripe the intersections. Posillico Civil, Inc. is the contractor. 149 Project: Between FM 830 and FM 1097 in Willis, I-45 is undergoing a northbound ramp reversal. James Construction Group is the contractor. Update: This project is 5% completed, according to an Aug. 7 media update from TxDOT. • Timeline: February 2024-second quarter 2025 • Cost: $3.17 million 105 2854 KEENAN CUT OFF RD. 149 • Funding source: state funds 4 Hwy. 242 widening 149 2854 KEENAN CUT OFF RD.
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2 Hwy. 105 widening Project: Hwy. 105 between 10th Street and South Loop 336 in Conroe is being reconstructed and widened from two to four lanes. James Construction Group is the contractor. Update: This project is 30% completed, according to an Aug. 7 media update from TxDOT. • Timeline: March 2023-third quarter 2027
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