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 is funded through the 2015 Montgomery County road bond and will be completed by late summer or early fall, Precinct 3 officials said. As of mid-June, work at the Pinecroft Center and The Woodlands Mall was almost complete, and signal poles were installed.
Timeline: April-early fall
Cost: $1.5 million
Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3
Hwy. 242 landscape development
The Texas Department of Transportation began work on a landscape development project on Hwy. 242 from Harper’s Way to Lazy River Road in October. The project was 48% complete in mid-June, and completion was expected in the second quarter of 2020, according to TxDOT.
Timeline: Oct. 14, 2019-second quarter 2020
Cost: $1.72 million
Funding source: federal funds, TxDOT
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 75% complete as of mid-June.
Timeline: July 2018-third quarter 2020
Cost: $23.7 million
Funding source: federal funds, TxDOT
