TRANSPORTATIONUPDATES
Conroe approves over 4miles of sidewalks for downtown area
I-45 frontage road construction to start this fall
The Texas Department of Transportation confirmed a project is slated to start this fall to add a northbound frontage road in Willis. UPCOMING PROJECT
BY MAEGAN KIRBY
access pads and crosswalks. Tommy Woolley, director of capital projects and transportation, said at the meeting the city received six bids for the project March 3, and it was awarded to Larry Young Paving Inc. for $1.18 million. The project is set to be substantially complete in 160 days and fully complete in 180 days. Woolley said the project ties into the Texas Department of Transporta- tion’s Hwy. 105 widening project.
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Conroe City Council approved adding 21,364 linear feet, or just over 4 miles, of 5-foot-wide sidewalks on Hwy. 105, West Davis Street and East Phillips Street from Pacific to 10th streets during a March 24 meeting. According to the meeting pre- sentation, the project will repair 80 driveways and 40 pedestrian ramps as well as add concrete curbs, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant ramps,
Construction is slated to start in September on a frontage road for I-45 between FM 830 and FM 1097 in the Willis area, according to Texas Department of Transpor- tation officials. The new road is estimated to cost $7 million. TxDOT Public Information Officer Emily Black confirmed to Community Impact Newspaper that construction bids will be decided in July before construction can begin. According to TxDOT’s Regional Project Planner, the final construc- tion timeline for the frontage road is unknown. Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough signed an advanced funding agreement for the project at a Jan. 25 Commissioners Court meeting. According to the agreement, the proj- ect is a northbound frontage road.
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The new road will serve Moran Ranch, a 500-acre mixed-use development on the east side of I-45 that will include the Market at Willis Shopping Center, which is anchored by an H-E-B under construction. Community Impact Newspaper previously reported about 900 homes will begin con- struction in late summer or early fall in Moran Ranch.
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Cost: $1.18M Timeline: March-TBD
SOURCE: CITY OF CONROE/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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