Harris County Precinct 4 project to expand Lockwood Road delayed to early 2021
Once construction begins, it will take nine months to complete the Lockwood Road expansion project.
Once construction begins, it will take nine months to complete the Lockwood Road expansion project.
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A project to expand Lockwood Road between Beltway 8 and the Union Pacific Corp. railroad from two to four lanes has been delayed due to finalizing agreements and a utility conflict, said Pamela Rocchi, the director of the capital improvement projects division at Harris County Precinct 4. The project was set to begin in the third quarter of 2020, but now the county plans to begin the project in the first quarter of 2021. Once construction begins, it will take nine months to complete.
Kelly Schafler is the editor for the Lake Houston, Humble and Kingwood edition of Community Impact Newspaper, covering public education, city government, development, businesses, local events and all things community-related. Before she became editor, she was the reporter for the Conroe and Montgomery edition for a year and a half.
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