Transportation
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
Construction on Woodtrace Boulevard to begin in 2025 project is broken down into three sections: • From FM 2978 to Dobbin-Huffsmith Road • From Dobbin-Huffsmith Road through the Shea Homes Woodhavyn residential development Shea Homes development
The bulk of the construction to extend Wood- trace Boulevard to FM 2978 will begin in 18-24 months, or around 2025, Montgomery County Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley said in a Nov. 9 interview. “And I hope it’s a whole lot sooner than that, but I’m afraid it’s going to be at least 18 months before we see construction,” Riley said. Riley said work has been done at the inter- section of Woodtrace Boulevard and Dob- bin-Huffsmith Road. From Dobbin-Huffsmith Road to FM 2978, the base material for the road is in. “It’s not a so-called road right now,” Riley said about the portion of the project from Dob- bin-Huffsmith Road to FM 2978. “It’s a road that you can use as a construction road.” In a nutshell The extension project will construct a four-lane road extending Woodtrace Boulevard to FM 2978, Community Impact previously reported. The
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• From the Shea Homes development to Hwy. 249 Riley said he believes this project will improve east to west traffic tremendously. By the numbers Riley said the project will cost around $100 million, with Precinct 2 funding the design and engineering while the Texas Department of Trans- portation funds the construction. “[TxDOT] wants that connection as bad as us,” Riley said. “So they’re willing to help us with the construction of it if we can do all the rest of the design and engineering.” The Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District is also donating around $8 million to help fund the first phase of the project, according to
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prior Community Impact reporting. What else? Riley said the hardest part will be the portion from Hwy. 249 to Dobbin-Huffsmith Road. “There’s two railroad crossings that we have to build overpasses over, and that’s going to take a [lot of] time ... just trying to get the permits, get the design and engineering done for these overpasses,” Riley said.
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