Upcoming projects
Woodlands Parkway lane addition
Project: Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack announced in an Aug. 28 news release that work on adding a third westbound lane to Woodlands Parkway would begin in late 2024. The dedicated right-turn lane onto northbound Kuykendahl Road will be retained and the raised median separating the right-turn lane and the through lanes will be eliminated, according to the news release. The additional lane will become the right-turn lane onto Lake Woodlands Drive.
Update: According to the news release, temporary traffic signals have been installed along the area for traffic control while utilities along the route are relocated. Utility relocation work began in September.
- Timeline: late 2024-TBD
- Cost: TBD
- Funding source: Montgomery County Precinct 3
Project: Montgomery County commissioners and the Texas Department of Transportation are funding the construction of a flyover from northbound I-45 to eastbound Hwy. 242.
Update: As of the most recent update available Oct. 2, the TxDOT project tracker listed the project as ready to bid on Sept. 1 and $268,054 had been spent on project engineering and construction.
- Timeline: late 2024-TBD
- Cost: $19.1 million
- Funding source: Montgomery County, federal funds
Robinson Road realignment
Project: The project will align Robinson Road across Hanna Road. The project will include realigning a portion of the Union Pacific Railroad, which is crossed by Robinson Road.
Update: At a Sept. 23 meeting of Oak Ridge North City Council, an agreement with UPRR was reached to close the existing railroad crossing at the intersection of Robinson Road and Hanna Road as part of the project. It will take one to three months to deconstruct and rebuild the railroad crossing, officials said. Community Impact reported the contract states the relocation of the railroad crossing will cost $2 million, but the city will only be responsible for paying $134,000 for the agreement and a yearly maintenance fee of $19,478 due to the cost of rewiring and operating the new crossing. A start time for this phase of the project was not established.
- Timeline: February-TBD
- Cost: $7.42 million
- Funding source: city of Oak Ridge North
Project: A project to extend David Memorial Drive to Hwy. 242 began in September 2023 under the terms of an interlocal agreement between the city of Shenandoah and Montgomery County.
Update: The first phase of work is completed to the Conroe city limits, engineer John Bleyl said. The remaining portion in the city of Conroe is unscheduled, but it will be needed to complete the project, he said. Funding options for the final section are being explored, Bleyl said.
- Timeline: September-March (Phase 1), TBD (Phase 2)
- Cost: $7.8 million
- Funding sources: city of Shenandoah, Montgomery County
Project: The project is extending the deceleration lane from westbound Research Forest Drive onto northbound Grogans Mill Road.
Update: Work on installing storm sewer utilities was underway as of early October, and Bleyl said it should be complete by Thanksgiving.
- Timeline: September-TBD
- Cost: $240,000
- Funding sources: Montgomery County Precinct 2, TxDOT
Project: TxDOT is using existing right of way on Hwy. 242 between FM 1488 and I-45 to widen lanes and restripe the intersections.
Update: The contractor is working on zones consisting of about three intersections at a time, from the north to the south side, according to TxDOT. As of the most recent information available in September, the project was 31% complete.
- Timeline: Oct. 23, 2023-first quarter 2026
- Cost: $29.11 million
- Funding sources: federal, state funds
