1. Inner Katy Corridor
Project: The three-segment project includes reconstructing 10 main lanes and two three-lane frontage roads, along with the construction of four new nontolled managed lanes and drainage improvements.
Update: The Houston-Galveston Area Council announced in August that the project would be a part of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan to receive funding.
- Timeline: 2040-TBD
- Cost: $1.02 billion
- Funding sources: H-GAC, TXDOT Houston District
Project: The project includes fully reconstructing Montrose Boulevard from Allen Parkway to West Clay Street into a four-lane concrete roadway with a median, sidewalks, trees, signals and a pedestrian bridge.
Update: A traffic switch started Oct. 13, shifting traffic to the west side of the road and will be one lane in each direction. The pedestrian bridge construction will also experience around-the-clock single-lane underpass closures in each direction.
- Timeline: March 2025-second quarter of 2026
- Cost: $17.9 million
- Funding source: Montrose TIRZ
Project: This project includes roadway repair and street reconstruction, as well as the addition of new sidewalks, improved accessibility and bus shelters with lighting.
Update: Construction on Segment 2, from I-610 to Hwy. 6, started in September and will take one year to complete. Construction is still in progress on Segment 1, between Shepherd Drive and I-610, with the project being completed in September on Segment 3.
- Timeline: 2024-2026
- Cost: $12.2 million
- Funding source: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Project: The Texas Department of Transportation project includes raising the elevation of the I-10 main lanes above the floodplain of White Oak Bayou, including the reconstruction of the I-10 high-occupancy vehicle lanes and reconstruction of the Houston Avenue Bridge.
Update: A traffic switch that started Nov. 4 reduced the I-10 westbound main lanes between the I-45 North Freeway and Houston Avenue from four lanes to two. The lanes will remain closed until mid-2026.
- Timeline: 2025-2028
- Cost: $400 million
- Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation
Project: Houston Public Works is taking out parts of the bridge over White Oak Bayou at its weakest points, as well as making repairs to the bridge’s pillars.
Update: The bridge and trail underneath are temporarily closed as construction started on the project Sept. 22.
- Timeline: February-December
- Cost: $1.1 million
- Funding source: Houston Public Works
Project: The reconstruction project includes making improvements to the roughly 5-mile stretch of road, including adding bike lanes, 6-foot sidewalks, installing left-turn lanes and general upgrades to streetlights, stormwater drainage systems and landscaping.
Update: Phase 2 of the project, from 15th Street and Loop 610, will start construction by the end of the year.
- Timeline: 2022-2027
- Cost: $115 million
- Funding source: Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority
