The Woodlands Edition | April 2022

TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES

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Timeline: September 2018-early 2022 Cost: $22.79 million Funding source: TxDOT COMPLETED PROJECTS 4 Kuykendahl Road widening Additional work to complete ditch grading and seeding was planned in the spring on a completed project to widen Kuykendahl Road from two to four lanes between Lake Woodlands Drive and Re- search Forest Drive, according to Mont- gomery County Precinct 3. The project to expand the 1.5-mile road section from two to four lanes was completed Jan. 31, and the cleanup and other work was pending as of March 18. Timeline: January 2021-January 2022 Cost: $3.57 million Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3 5 Rayford Road trac signal installation Construction on four new trac signals took place in February and March following a road widening project at the Rayford Road intersections with Harmony Woods/Allegro Bend Boule- vard, Harmony Creek/Harmony Forest Boulevard and Spring Trails Park. As of March 18, contractor Third Coast had completed construction, and the signals were slated to begin operation in March, according to Montgomery County Pre- cinct 3. The signals replace four all-way stops. The road widening project also includes a new bridge for eastbound Rayford trac east of Spring Trails Park Drive as well as widening Birnham Woods Drive 600 feet north and south of the intersection with Rayford. Timeline: October 2020-March 2022 Cost: $2.88 million (widening project) Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3

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ONGOING PROJECTS

2 BirnhamWoods Drive widening A project to widen Birnham Woods Drive from two to four lanes from Waterbend Cove to Rayford Road was awarded in mid-January with a contract for 420 days, according to Montgomery County Pre- cinct 3. The completed project will result in two lanes in each direction in addition to a left-turn lane at Birnham Woods and Waterbend and at Birnham Woods and Lexington Boulevard. As of March 18, the contractor had started to prepare the right of way and install storm sewer along parts of Birnham Woods, according to Precinct 3. Timeline: March 2022-mid-2023 Cost: $2.99 million Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3 3 FM 2978 widening The widening of FM 2978 from FM 1488 to south of Dry Creek was 98% complete as of the Texas Department of Trans- portation’s April report, and only minor closeout items remained to be complet- ed, according to TxDOT ocials. The TxDOT project will widen the stretch of FM 2978 from two lanes to four.

When completed, the Gosling Road project will include a new bridge over Spring Creek.

1 Gosling Road widening Work on a new bridge is underway over Spring Creek as part of a project to widen Gosling Road to four lanes between Creekside Forest Drive and Gatewood Reserve Lane. The project began as a joint eort between Mont- gomery County Precinct 3 and Harris County Precinct 4 because it includes areas within both counties. Due to Harris County boundary shifts, Gosling Road is now in Precinct 3, which will complete the project. The project will create two 12-foot lanes in each direc- tion as well as the two additional lanes for a 1,817-foot bridge over Spring

Creek. Northbound Gosling Road will be restriped at the intersection with Creekside Forest for two lanes and a left-turn lane. As of March 18, work was continuing on the new bridge, and the contractors were planning to focus on the south side of the creek for sev- eral weeks, according to Montgomery County Precinct 3. Timeline: December 2021-early 2023 Cost: $8.2 million (Montgomery County Precinct 3 contributing $4 million) Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 3, Harris County Precinct 4

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