Roads under construction in The Woodlands area this spring include Lake Woodlands Drive and several Texas Department of Transportation projects.
Ongoing projects
1. Lake Woodlands Drive widening
Montgomery County Precinct 3 is widening a 0.17-mile section of Lake Woodlands Drive from west of Six Pines Drive to the western side of I-45. The project includes adding a third westbound lane between I-45 and Pinecroft Drive and making the inside lane a left turn lane. The project will be funded through the 2015 Montgomery County road bond and will be completed in the fall, Precinct 3 officials said. As of May 18, improvements were slated to begin at the intersection near the Pinecroft Center and The Woodlands Mall.Timeline: April-early fall
Cost: $1.5 million
Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3
2. FM 2978 widening
The project will widen FM 2978 from two to four lanes with a center turn lane from FM 1488 to south of Dry Creek in Phase 1 and from south of Dry Creek to Conroe-Hufsmith Road in Phase 2. The existing bridge over Spring Creek will also be widened. As of mid-May, Phase 1 was 42% complete, and Phase 2 was 69% complete, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Work on the bridge was 82% complete.
Timeline: September 2018-second quarter 2021 (Phase 1), January 2018-third quarter 2020 (Phase 2), October 2018-third quarter 2020 (bridge)Cost: $21.3 million (Phase 1), $12.9 million (Phase 2), $7.6 million (bridge)
Funding sources: TxDOT, federal funds
3. Hwy. 242 left turn lane widening
TxDOT began work on a project to widen a left turn lane on Hwy. 242 from Harper’s Way to Great Oaks Drive in March. The project was 9% complete in mid-May, and completion was expected in the second quarter of 2020, according to TxDOT.Timeline: March-second quarter
Cost: $575,000
Funding source: federal funds through TxDOT
4. Hwy. 242 overpass at FM 1314
The project will construct a grade separation along Hwy. 242 from west to east of FM 1314. This is the first of four projects to construct an overpass at Hwy. 242 and FM 1314. The project was 70% complete as of mid-May.
Timeline: July 2018-third quarter 2020
Cost: $23.5 million
Funding source: federal funds through TxDOT
