Upcoming projects
1. Grogans Mill Road at Research Forest Drive right-turn improvements
- Project: The project will extend a right-turn lane from northbound Grogans Mill Road onto eastbound Research Forest Drive.
- Update: Engineering design was nearing completion in mid-August and construction will begin in the fall.
- Cost: $50,000 (design)
- Timeline: June-August (design), fall-TBD (construction)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will extend and widen the left-turn lane from eastbound Research Forest Drive to northbound Greenbridge Drive.
- Update: Engineering design was completed in August and construction will begin this fall.
- Cost: $10,500 (design)
- Timeline: June-August (design), fall-TBD (construction)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will extend turn lanes to improve mobility and safety from eastbound Lake Woodlands Drive onto northbound Gosling Road and from westbound Lake Woodlands Drive onto southbound Gosling Road.
- Update: Engineering design was almost done in mid-August, Montgomery County Precinct 3 officials said.
- Cost: $40,000 (design)
- Timeline: June-early September (design)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will extend the left-turn lane from westbound Lake Woodlands Drive onto southbound East Panther Creek Drive.
- Update: Engineering design was completed in August. The next phase will be construction planning.
- Cost: $22,500 (design)
- Timeline: June-August (design), September-TBD (construction)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will extend dual left-turn lanes from westbound Research Forest to southbound Gosling and from Gosling to Research Forest in both directions.
- Update: Engineering design was nearing completion in August.
- Cost: $25,500 (design)
- Timeline: June-August (design), September-TBD (utility coordination)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will extend the left-turn lane to the median opening on northbound Grogans Mill Road onto westbound Lake Woodlands Drive.
- Update: Engineering design was completed in August.
- Cost: $22,500 (design)
- Timeline: Construction will begin in the fall.
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
- Project: The project will add a left-turn lane and extend lane storage from northbound Kuykendahl Road to westbound and eastbound Woodlands Parkway.
- Update: Engineering design work was near completion in mid-August.
- Cost: $88,240 (design)
- Timeline: June-August (design), utility relocation (September-TBD)
- Funding source: Montgomery County road bond
8. David Memorial Drive extension
- 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, Bleyl said. The final portion of the project will now be funded by the Montgomery County road bond approved by voters May 3. The estimate needed to complete construction is $2.5 million, engineer John Bleyl said.
- Timeline: September 2023-March (Phase 1), TBD (Phase 2)
- Cost: $7.8 million
- Funding sources: city of Shenandoah, Montgomery County
- 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: As of the most recent information released by TxDOT in July, the project was 60% complete.
- Timeline: Oct. 23, 2023-fourth quarter 2026
- Cost: $29.11 million
- Funding sources: federal, state funds
