After Seabrook officials in July said improvements to Hwy. 146 near Red Bluff Road could take up to two more months to complete, officials with the Texas Department of Transportation confirmed it may take until closer to the end of the year.

The gist

Seabrook city staff said July 2 they expected the work between Red Bluff Road and FM 96 was estimated to take two months to complete. However, Danny Perez, public information officer for TxDOT, said Aug. 2 the agency will be working “most likely through December.”

At that same July meeting, Seabrook City Manager Gayle Cook briefed Seabrook City Council on the status of a few TxDOT projects attached to Hwy. 146 and shared that TxDOT officials told her it was behind schedule.

“It has been a little quiet; I did check in with our TxDOT representative, and ... they said that they are probably still a couple of months out from probably pulling all the equipment, so they’re a little behind,” Cook said.

The details

The remaining improvements on the frontage roads adjacent to Hwy. 146 from Red Bluff Road to FM 96 include:

• Installing pavers, sod and sidewalks
• Driveway adjustments
• Completion of detention ponds

Between Red Bluff Road and Spencer Hwy., projects include:

• Additional lane construction for southbound and northbound roads over the Red Bluff Road intersection
• Building a retention wall in late 2024 near the Red Bluff Road intersection