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ONGOING PROJECTS 1 Loop 494 expansion
from Business FM 1960 to Twigsworth Lane, while B Segment B runs from Twigsworth Lane to the San Jacinto River bridge. Segment B will also include the construction of an overpass at FM 1960 and West Lake Houston Parkway. Timeline: late 2021-2025 Cost: $58.2 million (Segment A), $70 million (Segment B) Funding source: TxDOT UPCOMING PROJECTS 4 Sorters McClellan Road expansion A project to expand Sorters McClellan Road to four lanes with a center turn lane is on hold, according to Hugo Sanchez, Montgomery County Precinct 4’s projects and logistics coordinator. Construction will begin on A Segment A—FM 1314 to south of Lowe Road—once utility reloca- tions are completed within the next three to four months, while construction will begin on B Segment B—south of Lowe Road to Northpark Drive—once utility relocations are completed by October. Timeline: TBA Cost: $6.8 million (Segment A), $7.4 million (Segment B) Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 4 road bonds
Work is nearing completion on a project to expand Loop 494 between a half-mile north of Kingwood Drive and north of Sorters McClellan Road from two to four lanes with a raised turf median, center turn lanes at intersections and sidewalks. Timeline: July 15, 2019-second quarter 2023 Cost: $17.56 million Funding sources: 80% federal, 20% state 2 FM 1314 raised median Construction is 88% complete on a proj- ect to replace FM 1314’s center turn lane with a raised median between Fatheree Drive and South Loop 494. Bambi Hall, a public information ocer with the Texas Department of Transportation, said work had been suspended as of early April due to backordered equipment. Timeline: Aug. 24, 2022-third quarter 2023 Cost: $4.7 million Funding sources: 80% federal, 20% state 3 FM 1960 widening Work is expected to continue through 2025 on a project to widen FM 1960 from four to six lanes. A Segment A runs
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