Conroe - Montgomery Edition | March 2025

Transportation

BY NICHAELA SHAHEEN

Council passes ordinance to ban parking on Loop 336 Conroe City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting vehicles from parking along Loop 336, citing concerns over public safety, during its Feb. 27 meeting. The decision comes from complaints by 45 336

Conroe awards new bus service contract Conroe City Council approved a new five- year contract with First Class Transportation to operate city bus services during its Feb. 27 meeting. The service plans to connect The Woodlands Express and Conroe Connection services to downtown Houston, according to

residents about parked vehicles creating unsafe conditions, Chief of Police Jon Buckholtz said in the Feb. 26 workshop meeting. What this means The ordinance prohibits all parking along Loop 336, including on the shoulders of the highway, unless explicitly needed like for emergency vehicles, according to the ordinance. “This is a safety concern for the community. ... We’ve had many complaints over the years, parking on the shoulder or any portion of the loop is not justified as safe in our opinion,” Buckholtz said during the Feb. 26 workshop meeting. “We want to be able to prohibit parking where we have specific concerns.”

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The agreement, valued at $2.1 million, includes an option to extend for an addi- tional five years, according to the presen- tation. By year four, a 70% reduction in commuter bus costs is expected, which is due to grant funding that will help the city purchase the buses. The city of Conroe’s contract will go into effect starting April 1, according to the agenda packet.

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Signage prohibiting the parking will be posted by the Texas Department of Transportation now that the ordinance has passed, Buckholtz said in the Feb. 26 workshop meeting.

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