TxDOT finishing work at Hwy. 290 and Beltway 8 interchange

Work on Project G is roughly 85 percent complete, officials said. The remaining work mainly involves noise abatement. Over the next few months, crews will install a quiet pavement texture using a grinding and grooving process, Othon said.

“We did the same thing at [Loop] 610 and [Hwy.] 290, and it’s already been completed there,” she said. “What [crews] do is grind the surface and place longitudinal lines to decrease tire and pavement noise.”

TxDOT officials started work on the noise abatement portion of the project Oct. 10. Nightly closures from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. are expected to take place on Hwy. 290 eastbound lanes at FM 529 through October. Traffic will be detoured to collector-distributor lanes.

Othon said even though the widened mainlanes will be completed at Project G, TxDOT cannot open them to drivers until the entire Hwy. 290 widening project is completed. Doing so would create bottlenecks when drivers move from the new five-lane highway to the old three-lane highway.

Although some portions of Hwy. 290 are expected to be finished in 2017, the entire project is expected to be completed in 2018. TxDOT is working with contractors to determine specific timelines for each section. Learn more about Hwy. 290 construction at www.my290.com.