The Woodlands Edition | January 2026

Government

BY ATIRIKTA KUMAR & NICHAELA SHAHEEN

Safety improvements planned for cyclists The Woodlands Township board of directors has approved an interlocal agreement with Montgomery County aimed at improving cyclist safety on Lake Woodlands Drive between Northshore Park and Kuykendahl Road. The details Township Chief Operating O cer Chris Nunes said at a Dec. 4 meeting the work would remove curb bulb-outs and provide a continuous lane for cyclists while the county is working on other shoulder improvements on the road. The total cost to the township for the curb improvements, including a contingency for unfore- seen circumstances, is $191,623, Nunes said. The township will pay for the project, which will be carried out by the county, he said. A 2016 Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan for The Woodlands Township identied the need for a

County extends ood buyout timelines Montgomery County commissioners on Dec. 16 approved two disaster recovery grant extension requests. What happened The grants are for buyout projects stem- ming from Hurricane Harvey and the 2016 storm and ooding events, o cials said. The Hurricane Harvey grant extension request runs through Feb. 28, 2027, while the 2016 storm and ood grant extension request runs through April 30, 2026. During the meeting, Jason Millsaps, exec- utive director for the Montgomery County O ce of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, told commissioners the extensions would allow continued work on implementing existing grants to buy out additional property.

Bike lane improvements

NEW TRAILS DR.

LAKE WOODLANDS DR.

NORTH SHORE PARK

LAKE WOODLANDS

central bicycle lane on Lake Woodlands Drive, which the improvements will help to address, he said. John Zgourides, a board member of the nonprot Bike The Woodlands Coalition, said cyclists will welcome the improvements. “Jutting curbs are a real hazard; they force us to come out into the main lane when we approach intersections,” he said at the meeting. Next steps The project is expected to be completed within the rst quarter of 2026, Nunes said.

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