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Grand Parkway widening rescheduled due to high priority Transportation planning experts have proposed widening segments of the Grand Parkway sooner than previously scheduled to improve mobility and meet growing demands. Projects include the widening of the two lanes heading in both directions to three lanes from I-45 to Hwy. 249 and from Hwy. 290 to I-10, which were initially planned for scal year 2029. 99 TOLL 249 Hwy. 290 to West Road: $72.8 million in FY 2026 Kuykendahl Road to Holzwarth Road: $45.94 million in FY 2023 Hwy. 249 to Kuykendahl Road: $65.34 million in scal year 2024 DEMAND DRIVEN PROJECTS Projects to add two lanes along the Grand Parkway were added to the 2023-26 Transportation Improvement Program. KUYKENDAHL RD. HOLZWARTH RD.
ONGOING PROJECTS
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Eastern FM 1488 widening The two-lane portion of FM 1488 between FM 1774 in Magnolia and west of FM 149 will be widened to four lanes with a continuous left turn lane. According to a Feb. 1 update by the Texas Department of Transportation, the James Construction Group started the project in June, which is 18% complete. Construction is expected to be complete in the rst quarter of 2025. Timeline: June 2022- rst quarter 2025 Cost: $48.28 million Funding Source: TxDOT
The Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council voted unanimously Jan. 27 to move these projects into the 2023-26 Transportation Improvement Program. Major projects in the TIP can receive federal funding, and HGAC transportation committees regularly revise plans as needed. Jim Dickinson, senior transportation planner for the HGAC, said the project would be funded by state toll revenue. “These widenings would mitigate congestion and improve the opera- tional e ciency of the system,” he said at the Dec. 16 TPC meeting. Emily Black, public information
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West Road to I-10: $100.8 million in FY 2026
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SOURCE: HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL COMMUNITY IMPACT
o cer with the Texas Department of Transportation in Houston, said as tollway use has grown, the level of service standards agreed upon by TxDOT and the seven a ected counties are no longer being met. Construction for each segment
could take between 18-30 months, and further widenings could be needed in the future depending on tra c counts. Black said the Grand Parkway was built with large medi- ans, so widenings can be made from the inside to minimize disruption.
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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF FEB. 13. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT TOMNEWS COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. of a Feb. 1 update from TxDOT. Timeline: November 2020-third quarter 2023 Cost: $30.33 million Funding Source: TxDOT Western FM 1488 widening TxDOT is also continuing a project west of the city of Magnolia to widen FM 1488 from two to four lanes with a continuous left turn lane. The project spans from the Waller County line near Joseph Road and FM 1774 in Magnolia and was 57% completed as
Magnolia holds rst public meeting on master thoroughfare plan Around 60 people attended the city of Magnolia’s rst meeting on its master thoroughfare plan Feb. 1. The master thoroughfare aims to guide the development and enhance- ment of the city’s transportation network. Cristin Emsho , employed at AEI Engineering—the rm developing the plan—said residents at the meeting expressed concerns about tra c on roadways such as FM 1774 and FM 1488, a lack of alternate routes outside of subdivisions and narrow roadway widths.
“The residents agreed transportation relief is needed throughout the city to reduce the amount of time they sit in tra c when trains are blocking the crossing,” Emsho said. “There is concern the existing roadways should be widened and have a larger turning radius for commercial vehicles and buses and re trucks.” Residents can share feedback via an online survey, and a second meeting is planned in March before the plan is presented to the public in April, according to the plan’s website.
Weigh in on transportation needs at https://baxterwoodman.mysocialpinpoint.com/magnolia.
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