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3 changes Harris County drivers will notice on their toll bill A lower minimum toll balance, lower EZ TAG sticker fee and paperless agreement statements are three changes Harris County drivers will notice with their Harris County Toll Road Authority accounts. What happened: Harris County com- missioners approved the agreement changes at a July 18 meeting. The changes are intended to provide more flexibility for new and existing ac- counts, officials with the agency said in a news release. • The minimum prepaid toll balance, or rebill amount, is now $10 for up to two vehicles. Before the changes, the rebill amount was $20. • The replenish amount will not auto- matically update for existing EZ TAG accounts. • There are no charges for up to eight new EZ TAG stickers per account. Ac- counts with more than eight stickers will have to pay $2 per tag. • EZ TAG agreements will no longer be mailed to users—strictly email and website.
Timeline: November 2020-third quarter 2023 Cost: $30.33 million Funding source: TxDOT
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3 FM 1488 widening TxDOT crews are continuing work on a project in Magnolia to widen FM 1488 from two to four lanes. The project, which spans from FM 1774 in Magnolia to west of FM 149, will also add a continu- ous left-turn lane. Work was 28% com- plete as of an Aug. 3 update from TxDOT, the latest available information. Timeline: June 2022-first quarter 2025 Cost: $48.28 million Funding source: TxDOT UPCOMING PROJECTS 4 North Eldridge Parkway widening Harris County Precinct 3 is proposing a project to widen the existing two-lane segment of North Eldridge Parkway between Spring Cypress Road and Greg- son Road in Tomball. The project is in the design phase and expected to move to construction in 2025. The project would widen North Eldridge Parkway to a four-lane concrete boulevard with a raised median, and it also includes adding a traffic signal at Gregson Road and sidewalks along portions of the project. According to Precinct 3 information, the project scope also includes a study to determine if a traffic signal is needed at the intersection of Westlock Drive. Timeline: first quarter 2025-TBD Cost: $10 million Funding source: Precinct 3
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THE DETAILS The minimum toll balances will be the following, per account:
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ONGOING PROJECTS 1 Walnut Creek bridge widening Montgomery County Precinct 2 com- pleted the widening of the Walnut Creek bridge on Nichols Sawmill Road on July 29, Precinct 2 officials confirmed in an email. The widening is part of a larger project widening Nichols Sawmill Road from Old Hockley Road to Commerce Street. The road was previously widened from Grand Pines Drive to Old Hockley Road last summer, according to previ- ous Community Impact reporting. The widening of Nichols Sawmill Road from Commerce Street to FM 1774 will begin after the city of Magnolia acquires right of way as well as the approval of inter-
section and design plans by the Texas Department of Transportation, according to Precinct 2 officials. Timeline: summer 2022-TBD Cost: approximately $5.5 million (total road widening) Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 2 2 FM 1488 improvements A project to widen FM 1488 from two lanes to four lanes between the Waller County line near Joseph Road to FM 1774 in Magnolia was 77% completed as of an Aug. 3 update from TxDOT. The project is expected to wrap up later this year.
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SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 8. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT TOMNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.
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