Business owners and residents along the FM 2920 corridor in Tomball are likely to see increased construction during the next four years as road improvement plans move forward.

In early October, the Houston-Galveston Area Council announced its approval of a city of Tomball proposal to make improvements along the FM 2920 corridor from Business 249 to just east of Elm Street.

The project was chosen for H-GAC’s 10-year Transportation Improvement Program from a pool of more than 200 projects, which were each considered throughout the year, H-GAC Program Manager David Wurdlow said.

The project will add a right-turn lane from Business 249 to FM 2920, widen sidewalks in Old Town Tomball and remove the on-street parallel parking on Main Street as well as add medians and center-turn lanes.

Wurdlow said many of the project elements originate from the Access Management and Livable Centers studies conducted by H-GAC in 2009.

“The project is the outgrowth of a pretty long-running planning effort that the city has been involved in that we’ve supported over time,” he said. “It’s nice to see some of that planning work turn into implementation.”

The project is expected to cost between $25 million and $30 million with 80 percent funded through H-GAC and the remainder provided by the Texas Department of Transportation. Wurdlow said the project is likely to begin in 2020.

For more on the FM 2920 and Business 249 projects in Tomball, read the January issue of Community Impact Newspaper Tomball-Magnolia.