Ongoing projects
FM 1485 mill and overlay
Project: FM 1485 will be repaired and a new layer of asphalt will be added with new pavement markings and signs along a roughly seven-mile stretch of existing road between Old Houston Road and Kidd Cemetery Road.
Update: Construction was set to begin in the second quarter of 2025, according to an April 10 TxDOT report. The project contractor is Vulcan Materials Asphalt and Construction.
- Timeline: second quarter 2025-second quarter 2026
- Cost: $8.8 million
- Funding source: 80% federal, 20% state
Project: FM 1314 will be rehabilitated along a roughly two-mile stretch of existing road from Hwy. 242 to north of McQueen Road.
Update: The project was 6% completed, as of an April 10 TxDOT report. The project contractor is R. Civic Construction, LLC.
- Timeline: first quarter 2025-fourth quarter 2028
- Cost: $31.4 million
- Funding source: 80% federal, 20% state
Hwy. 242 widening
Project: Hwy. 242 was widened from two to four lanes from west of FM 1485 to Hwy. 59.
Update: The project was 99% completed, as of an April 10 TxDOT report. The project contractor is James Construction Group.
- Timeline: Dec. 2, 2019-second quarter 2025
- Cost: $76.5 million
- Funding source: 80% federal, 20% state
