The details
A TxDOT official provided the update through an email for the project on SH 114 and Dove Road. The email stated TxDOT is working with the contractor to expedite the finalization of the project, with an estimated substantial completion of this summer.
What happened?
The announcement comes after Mayor Shawn McCaskill posted a letter addressed to State Sen. Kelly Hancock and State Rep. Giovanni Caprigilone on his Facebook page that expressed frustration with delays in the project.
McCaskill wrote that the project started in January 2021 with a completion date of December 2024.
“The continued presence of traffic barrels, closed lanes and inactive construction zones reflects a lack of visible progress—issues that have become a significant source of frustration for our residents,” McCaskill wrote.
The TxDOT project includes turnaround lanes on Kirkwood Boulevard and Dove Road from SH 114.
McCaskill said the city committed $3 million to the project.
What else?
According to the TxDOT website, Zachary Construction Corp. is the listed construction company. As of May 20, the amount paid to date is $40.7 million, according to the website, which includes $30 million in construction.
In addition to the road work, the city and TxDOT is partnering on a Green Ribbon project on the south side of SH 114/Dove Road for by planting native or adaptive trees and shrubs. A Facebook post from Feb. 28 stated that work should take a "few months" but that project is still ongoing.
