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BY ANGELA BONILLA & KARA WILLIS
Shenandoah advises detour for I 45
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Businesses such as Precision Camera & Video said the work has impacted the Sam Moon Shopping Center, where it is located. “We understand that many of our valued guests have experienced di culty accessing our store due to the ongoing construction,” Precision o cials said. Jim Pollard, a Shenandoah City Council member, said the I-45 work feeds into other mobility issues in the area. “The ongoing construction ... has signi cantly disrupted tra c ow in the area, creating daily congestion and delays,” Pollard said. “This bottleneck not only impacts commuters but, more critically, has a ected emergency vehicle access to Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital.” He said he expects when work resumes on the county road bond project to connect David Memorial Drive to Hwy. 242 that will also help tra c ow.
A project designed to improve drainage on I-45 south of Hwy. 242 is causing some tra c snarls in the Shenandoah area, but local o cials said there are detour options to avoid construction—which is projected to complete in 2028—to reach local businesses. According to information from the Texas Department of Transportation, a $25.5 million project is underway to build drainage improve- ments on the I-45 feeder, eventually on both the north and south sides. The project began in mid-2025, and it is funded by 80% federal funds and 20% state funds, according to TxDOT. The project is currently in progress on the northbound side, causing tra c backup at times, local o cials said. “The project has primarily impacted tra c ow in and around the city as travelers use the northbound feeder between Research Forest Drive and [Hwy.] 242 during peak
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SOURCE: CITY OF SHENANDOAH COMMUNITY IMPACT
travel times,” Shenandoah o cials said in a statement to Community Impact . The city has shared information on its webpage about the project, which will be updated as it progresses, according to city o cials.
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