Transportation Updates


Transportation Updates




Transportation Updates The project will widen the road from two to four lanes from West Mossy Oaks to West Rayford roads and from West Rayford Road to an area south of Spring Creek.[/caption]

3. Gosling Road widening segments 2 and 3


The project will widen the road from two to four lanes from West Mossy Oaks to West Rayford roads and from West Rayford Road to an area south of Spring Creek. Both segments are in the design phase. Harris County will seek bids for Segment 2 in the second quarter of 2017, and Segment 3 will be up for bid in the third quarter of 2017.


Timeline: TBD
Cost: $14.3 million
Funding sources: Harris County



4. Hufsmith-Kohrville Road signal improvements


The design phase of proposed traffic signal and intersection improvements at Holderrieth Road is complete, and the county planned to advertise for bids on April 18.


Timeline: TBD
Cost: $670,000
Funding sources: Harris County




Transportation Updates The project to widen the road from two to four lanes from Willow Creek Estates Lane to FM 2920 and install traffic signals or modifications to existing signals is in the final design phase.[/caption]

5. Hufsmith-Kohrville Road widening segment 6


The project to widen the road from two to four lanes from Willow Creek Estates Lane to FM 2920 and install traffic signals or modifications to existing signals is in the final design phase. The county will seek bids for the project in the second quarter of 2017.


Timeline: TBD
Cost: $15.7 million
Funding sources: Harris County



6. Kuykendahl Road signal improvements


Construction of a traffic signal at Spring Rain Drive/Cypress Hill Drive began
Jan. 23 with a construction contract of
49 days. Construction is on hold while CenterPoint Energy power lines are relocated and the new estimated completion date is the second quarter of 2017.


Timeline: January-summer
Cost: $256,189
Funding sources: Harris County



7. Stuebner Airline Road signal improvements


The design of a proposed traffic signal at Fernglade Drive is near completion. An on-call contractor is scheduled to begin construction at the end of the second quarter of 2017.


Timeline: begins summer 2017
Cost: $224,000
Funding sources: Harris County



8. Gosling Road bridge project


Similar to the Kuykendahl Road bridge project, a dual bridge will likewise be built on Gosling Road over Spring Creek as part of a future joint participation effort between Harris County Precinct 4, Montgomery County Precinct 3 and the Texas Department of Transportation. Discussions between both counties about project initiation are still in progress, and a construction timeline has yet to be established, said Pamela Rocchi, director of Harris County Precinct 4’s Capital Improvements Projects Division.


Timeline: TBD
Cost: $7 million
Funding sources: Harris County, Montgomery County, TxDOT







Transportation Updates Although the Texas Department of Transportation funds construction for highways and other major roads in the state right of way, metropolitan planning authorities prioritize project construction.[/caption]

How it works


How does TxDOT prioritize construction?


Although the Texas Department of Transportation funds construction for highways and other major roads in the state right of way, metropolitan planning authorities prioritize project construction.


Texas has 25 metropolitan planning organizations, or MPOs, that create transportation policy, forecast mobility needs, administer regional planning, and approve state and federal funding for area projects. MPOs include the Houston-Galveston Area Council, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.


MPOs score project proposals on safety, mobility, environmental quality, economic development, and asset management and operations.


Then the MPO determines the funding and shovel-readiness of a project. If no funding is available and the project is far from being construction-ready, then it is shelved and could be revisited.


Once a project is approved by the MPO, then projects are added to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or TxDOT’s 10-year Unified Transportation Program.