Officials: Work on southern portion of Calder Road ‘smoother’ than on northern part

“[Calder Road] had the heart of our water system, [which we] had to do quadruple bypass on before [we] got started,” Baumgartner said. “It was millions and millions of dollars.”

Additionally, the northern portion of Calder Road was a one-way street for most of the project from spring 2017 to February 2019.

“That was part of the frustration with [northern] Calder Road was it was one-way,” Baumgartner said.

That is not the case with the southern project. Contractors will keep the road open to two lanes throughout the duration of the work, and they have built a temporary road adjacent to Calder Road that motorists can use while workers install water lines and repave the real road, officials said.

Additionally, contractors will install a new water line along the length of the project. A few hundred feet of the south side of the road has already been paved, Baumgartner said.

Once complete around September 2021, motorists will have access to a three-lane road from League City Parkway to Cross Colony that has better drainage and is less prone to the many potholes asphalt road surfaces receive, officials said.