1. Hwy. 290 Project D

Project D entails widening Hwy. 290 to four main lanes from Telge to Mueschke roads. This project is near completion. Work continues on eastbound frontage roads by Skinner and Spring Cypress roads. Officials expect a new entrance ramp to open on the east side of Spring Cypress Road this summer. A new sound wall was built between the highway and the Cypress Mill Estates subdivision earlier this year.

Timeline: August 2013-late 2017 Cost: $85.2 million Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation

2. Bridgeland Creek Parkway extension

The Howard Hughes Corporation is developing a 2.5-mile extension of Bridgeland Creek Parkway, which will extend from Fry Road to the Grand Parkway in Cypress.

Timeline: March 2014-July 2017 Cost: $14 million Funding source: The Howard Hughes Corporation

3. Telge Road widening

Harris County precincts 3 and 4 and the Harris County Engineering Department will work together on a project to widen Telge Road from two lanes to four concrete lanes from Spring Cypress Road in Cypress to FM 2920 in Tomball. Precinct 3 will widen the road from Spring Cypress Road to Little Cypress Creek, HCED will construct a bridge over the creek and Precinct 4 will widen the road to FM 2920. Notice to proceed with construction was given May 15.

Timeline: May 2017-June 2018 Cost: $385,860 (Precinct 3), $4.1 million (Precinct 4), $1.3 million (HCED) Funding sources: Harris County precincts 3 and 4, HCED

4. Cypress Rosehill Road widening

Harris County Precinct 3 is widening Cypress Rosehill Road from two to four lanes from Lake Cypress Hill Drive to the Grand Parkway. Meanwhile, Precinct 4 is in the design phase on a complementary project to widen the road to four lanes between the Grand Parkway and FM 2920 in Tomball.

Timeline: July 2016-July 2017 Cost:$9.9 million (Precinct 3), $3.5 million (Precinct 4) Funding sources: Harris County precincts 3 and 4

5. Grant Road widening

Construction is underway on a Grant Road widening project from Old Kluge to Spring Cypress roads in Cypress. The Harris County Precinct 4 project will widen the road from a two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard. Precinct 3 is planning its own widening project from Old Kluge Road to Lakewood Forest Drive in Cypress.

Timeline: February 2017-first quarter 2019 Cost: $7.4 million Funding sources: Harris County precincts 3 and 4

6. North Eldridge Parkway widening

The multipart road widening and intersection improvement project will expand the roadway from two to four concrete lanes between Spring Cypress Road in Cypress and Westlock Drive in Tomball. The project is in the design phase.

Timeline: 2018-TBA Cost: $5.5 million Funding source: Harris County Precinct 4

7. Huffmeister Road extension

Harris County Precinct 4 has proposed the design of a four-lane Huffmeister Road extension from West Road to Hwy. 6 in Houston. The project is in the design phase. Construction could begin as early as 2018.

Timeline: 2018-TBA Cost: Estimated $2.5 million Funding source: Harris County Precinct 4


How It Works

What happens when a TxDOT roadway enters a city’s boundaries?

When a city incorporates, that government becomes responsible for all roadways within its city limits, including any state and numbered streets. Cities then must create a municipal maintenance agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to determine the responsibilities of the city and TxDOT for constructing, reconstructing and maintaining those state roadways.

To create a municipal maintenance agreement, a city meets with TxDOT to discuss maps identifying state roadways within city limits; lists of roadways maintained by TxDOT and by the city; maintenance requests on those roadways; and a list of exhibits, such as landscaping and filtration system plans. A city will then approve a resolution to enter an agreement with TxDOT.

These agreements give cities “exclusive domain, control and jurisdiction over the public streets within its corporate limits,” according to TxDOT. The state agency also can indicate which roadways it will continue maintaining.

Both the city and TxDOT will review and approve these responsibilities to execute the agreement.

Agreements may address traffic signals, lighting, traffic regulations, speed limits, signs, pavement markings, school safety devices, and parking laws and enforcement. If a city wants to install red-light cameras, an amendment must be added to the agreement, according to TxDOT.

Agreements also do not expire but must be reviewed every two years or after new census results are released to include any new roads or changes in the city’s boundaries.

All information on this page was updated as of 6/7/17. News or questions about these or other local transportation projects? Email us at [email protected].