Katy City Council approved bond funds for a project to widen Katy Hockley Road at its Jan. 10 meeting. The project, which is estimated to cost $7.72 million, will widen Katy Hockley Road from Morton Road to Clay Road. When complete, the road will increase from a two-lane road to a four-lane concrete roadway with underground drainage improvements.

The widening project will be one of nine transportation projects being executed throughout the city, after City Council approved $33 million in transportation funding from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and Katy Development Authority funds; $23.05 million in funding will come from the city's agreement with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, with $10.47 million coming from cash funds.

On Jan. 7, the KDA approved the sale of the bonds, which will take place in February. After the bonds are sold, the KDA will begin authorizing the projects and the design phase will begin. The project is expected to begin in April 2024, after the Pitts Road and Morton Road intersection—which was also approved at the Jan. 10 meeting—is complete.