Conroe - Montgomery Edition | April 2026

Transportation

BY LIZZY SPANGLER

Ongoing projects

1 Hwy. 105 widening Project: Between 10th Street and South Loop 336, Hwy. 105 is being widened from two to four lanes. Update: This project is 60% complete, per the Texas Department of Transportation’s March 10 media update. • Timeline: March 2023-second quarter 2028 • Cost: $52.65 million • Funding source: state funds 2 South Loop 336 widening Project: South Loop 336 is being widened from two to four lanes between I-45 and Ladera Creek Trace. Update: This project is 62% completed, according to TxDOT’s March 10 media update. • Timeline: November 2024-third quarter 2027 • Cost: $20.57 million • Funding source: state funds 3 South Loop 336 lighting Project: This project entails safety lights, conduit and other electrical services along South Loop 336 between I-45 and Sgt. Ed Holcomb Boulevard. Update: According to TxDOT’s March 10 media update, this project is 98% completed. • Timeline: December 2024-second quarter 2026 • Cost: $518,164 Project: High mast LED lights are being installed along the main lanes of I-45 between FM 830 and Shepard Hill Road. Update: This project is 91% complete, according to TxDOT’s March 10 media update. • Timeline: February 2025-second quarter 2026 • Cost: $1.45 million • Funding source: state funds 5 FM 1097 widening • Funding source: state funds 4 I-45 LED installation Project: FM 1097 is being widened from two to four lanes with a continuous left-turn lane between west of Blueberry Hills Road to Lake Conroe Hills Drive. Update: According to TxDOT’s March 10 media update,

SHEPARD HILL RD.

4

5

Willis

Montgomery

1097

6

BLUEBERRY HILLS RD.

LONE STAR PKWY.

LAKE CONROE HILLS DR.

75

2432

830

ATKINS CREEK

LAKE CONROE

1484

105

149

45

2854

1

N. 10TH ST.

336

KEENAN CUT OFF RD.

LADERA CREEK TRACE

SGT. ED HOLCOMB BLVD.

Conroe

FISH CREEK THOROUGHFARE

3083

242

2

3

45

VISION PARK BLVD.

7

45

1314

149

MAP NOT TO SCALE N

1488

• Cost: $4.41 million • Funding sources: federal, state funds 7 I-45 direct connector

this project is 90% completed. • Timeline: second quarter 2022-second quarter 2026 • Cost: $20.21 million • Funding sources: federal, state funds 6 FM 1097 at Atkins Creek project Project: This project entails culvert replacement, shoulder additions and other improvements. Update: This project is 67% complete, according to TxDOT’s March 10 media update. • Timeline: third quarter 2025-third quarter 2026

242

Project: A direct connector is being constructed to connect northbound I-45 with eastbound Hwy. 242. Update: This project is 22% completed, according to a March 10 media update from TxDOT. • Timeline: second quarter 2025-third quarter 2028 • Cost: $42.63 million • Funding sources: federal, state funds

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