The Woodlands Edition | August 2022

1488 TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

COMPILED BY VANESSA HOLT

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UPCOMING PROJECT Hwy. 242 widening between I-45 and FM 1488 The Texas Department of Transporta- tion has proposed widening Hwy. 242 from FM 1488 to I-45, adding an east- bound and westbound lane. It would also reduce the existing vegetated median by 20 feet, converting it to a raised median. Three detention basins would also be constructed along Hwy. 242, which would require an additional 21 acres of right of way. According to TxDOT, Hwy. 242 would consist of six 12-foot lanes with 10- foot shoulders under the proposed plan. A prerecorded presentation can be viewed at www.txdot.gov. According to The Woodlands Township, the project will require the township to develop a landscape plan for TxDOT to implement according to township standards as well an increase to street- scape maintenance costs. Timeline: TBD Cost: $40 million Funding sources: federal funds, TxDOT Widening is planned on Hwy. 242. VANESSA HOLTCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

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A project to widen Birnham Woods from two to four lanes from Waterbend Cove to Rayford Road began work in March, ocials said. The completed project will result in two lanes in each direction in ad- dition to a left-turn lane at Birnham Woods and Waterbend and at Birnham Woods and Lexington Boulevard. Pavement and widening work was underway at Birnham Woods and Waterbend Cove this summer. Although the project was contracted for 420 calendar days, it was substantially completed with all lanes open in early August, ocials said. Timeline: March-August Cost: $2.99 million Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3 4 Hwy. 242 overpass The project will construct a grade sepa- ration along Hwy. 242 from west to east of FM 1314. This is one of four projects to construct an overpass at Hwy. 242 and FM 1314. The project was 90% complete as of the Aug. 1 report. Timeline: July 2018-third quarter 2022 Cost: $25.62 million Funding sources: federal funds, Texas Department of Transportation

ONGOING PROJECTS

tional lanes for a 1,817-foot bridge over Spring Creek. Northbound Gosling will be restriped at the intersection with Creekside Forest for two lanes and a left-turn lane. Timeline: December 2021-early 2023 Cost: $8.2 million Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 3, Harris County Precinct 3 2 Gosling Road Segment 3 widening Construction is underway on a project to widen Gosling Road from two to four lanes with a raised median between West Rayford Road and Creekside Forest Drive in the Creekside Park area. According to Harris County Precinct 3 ocials, the project aims to improve trac ow by providing two lanes for northbound traf- c and two lanes for southbound trac. Timeline: second quarter 2021-third quarter 2022 Cost: $7.4 million Funding source: Harris County Precinct 3 3 Birnham Woods Drive widening Portions of Birnham Woods Drive under construction were reopened in early August before school trac resumed, according to Montgomery County Precinct 3.

1 Gosling Road bridge widening Work on a new bridge is underway over Spring Creek as part of a 14- to 15-month project to widen Gosling Road to four lanes between Creekside Forest Drive and Gatewood Reserve Lane. The project is a joint eort between Montgomery County Precinct 3 and Harris County Precinct 3. According to Montgomery County Precinct 3, contractor NBG Con- structors placed panels and completed cement pours for the new bridge for southbound trac as of Aug. 1. The median crossovers were completed for the north side of the project, and con- crete work continued on the south end, according to Precinct 3. The project will create two 12-foot lanes in each direction as well as the two addi-

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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF AUG. 1. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT WDLNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM.

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