1. Huffmeister Road widening

After multiple delays, the opening of a wider Huffmeister Road in Cypress should take place before school starts at Cy-Fair ISD, Harris County Precinct 3 officials said. Crews are widening the two-lane asphalt road to a four-lane concrete boulevard between Skinner Road and Meadowside Park Drive.

Timeline: summer 2015-August 2016 Cost: $5.2 million Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 3

2. Hwy. 290 Project E

Crews continue to relocate utility lines along Project E, which covers Hwy. 290 from North Eldridge Parkway to Telge Road in Cypress. Construction on a four-lane Hwy. 6 overpass over Hwy. 290 is expected to begin in spring 2017. Construction has already begun on the direct connector from Hwy. 6 northbound to Hwy. 290 inbound.

Timeline: March 2013-late 2017 Cost: $135.4 million Funding sources: Texas Department of Transportation

3. Cypress Rosehill Road widening

Construction started in July on a Harris County road project, which will widen Cypress Rosehill Road from two lanes to four. The work being done from Lake Cypress Hill Drive to the Grand Parkway will be ongoing for the next year, officials said.       

Timeline: July 2016-third quarter 2017 Cost: $9.9 million Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 3

4. Grant Road widening

Harris County Precinct 4 is in the final design phase of a project that will widen Grant Road between Old Kluge and Spring Cypress roads in Cypress from a two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard. This project will go out to bid in third quarter 2016.

Timeline: TBA Cost: $11.8 million Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4

5. Hwy. 290 Project G

With new outbound collector-distributor lanes open as of July, TxDOT has implemented a temporary lane configuration through Project G that will be in place through September. As crews work on two outbound mainlanes, drivers can either use the remaining mainlane or use the new collector-distributor lanes. Overall work on Project G—from West Little York Road to FM 529—is roughly 83 percent complete, officials said.

Timeline: March 2013-late 2017 Cost: $100.4 million Funding sources: TxDOT

6. Louetta Road extension

Harris County Precinct 4 is working to extend Louetta Road as a four-lane concrete boulevard from Blanco Trails Lane to Telge Road in Cypress. The project was sent out for bids April 26. 

Timeline: TBA Cost: $2.3 million Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4

7. Greenhouse Road extension

Caldwell Companies has started construction in April on the first phase of a project that will eventually connect the existing Greenhouse Road to a future Mound Road extension in the Towne Lake area as a two-lane half-boulevard. An agreement with Harris County requires the county to come back to build additional lanes as traffic mandates. Harris County Precinct 3 has also built a two-lane bridge connection Greenhouse Road over Cypress Creek.

Timeline: April-December Cost: approximately $10 million Funding sources: Caldwell Companies