Transportation
BY EMILY LINCKE
Upcoming projects
NEEDHAM RD.
1 Grand Parkway exit, entrance ramps Project: Montgomery County will work with the Texas Department of Transportation to build a one-lane westbound exit ramp and a one-lane eastbound entrance ramp on the Grand Parkway between Valley Ranch Parkway and Hwy. 59, July 29 Commissioners Court meeting documents state. Update: Commissioners approved an advance funding agreement for the project under the July 29 meeting’s consent agenda. In February, commissioners also approved an advanced funding agreement with TxDOT for the project, but without specific funding amounts, as previously reported by Community Impact. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: $5.8 million • Funding source: TxDOT, Montgomery County 2 FM 1485 rehabilitation Project: FM 1485 is being resurfaced, including repairing the road base, adding new asphalt overlay and restriping. The project runs between FM 1485’s intersections with Old Houston Road and Kidd Cemetery Road. Update: Work is 49% complete as of Aug. 5, according to TxDOT. • Timeline: July 2025-July 2026 • Cost: $8.8 million
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OLD HOUSTON RD.
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Roman Forest
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Update: This project was 72% complete, as of Aug. 5, according to TxDOT. • Timeline: August 2024-second quarter of 2027 • Cost: $8.2 million • Funding source: TxDOT
• Funding source: federal, TxDOT 3 Hwy. 242 detention/drainage Project: TxDOT is building detention ponds for drainage along Hwy. 242 from Needham Road to Hwy. 59.
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