Ongoing projects
1. East Wally Wilkerson Parkway and Sgt. Ed Holcomb Boulevard traffic lights
The Conroe Industrial Development Corp.’s project to install highway traffic signals to meet Texas Department of Transportation standards is ongoing. The project is at (A) Sgt. Ed Holcomb Boulevard at Camelot Street, (B) East Wally Wilkerson Parkway at Conroe Park West Drive and (C) Pollock Drive. The contractor is currently working at Pollok.
Cost: $610,862
Timeline: January-June
Funding source: Conroe Industrial Development Corp.
2. Milltown area improvements
Contractor Smith & Co. has completed curb and gutter work in a project to overlay about 2 miles of Sandra Street around Milltown Park and improve roadside drainage.
Cost: $2.4 million
Timeline: August 2019-July
Funding source: city of Conroe
3. FM 1097 widening
TxDOT is acquiring the utilities and rights of way to widen FM 1097 from two to four lanes with a continuous left turn lane.
Cost: $15.1 million
Timeline: October 2018-third quarter 2020
Funding sources: federal, TxDOT
4. FM 830 repair
The completion date for TxDOT's work to repair the base and pavement markings of FM 830 has been pushed back from winter 2019 to the first quarter of 2020 due to asphalt production.
Cost: $2.5 million
Timeline: June 2019-first quarter 2020
Funding source: TxDOT
Market Street roadway extension
The city of Conroe received bids March 5 for work to construct a four-lane concrete road from the Market Place Drive cul-de-sac to Plantation Drive. The work includes constructing sidewalks on both sides of the road and the addition of a left turn lane on Plantation Drive.
Timeline: March-August
Cost: $900,000
Funding source: city of Conroe
