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GALLERY: Take a look at Grand Pines Drive construction in the Magnolia area
Grand Pines Drive construction is scheduled to be complete in April 2020, according to Montgomery County Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley. (Kara McIntyre/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Construction is ongoing on Grand Pines Drive, a two-lane road connecting Nichols Sawmill and Sanders Cemetery roads in the Magnolia area. The $6.7 million project is scheduled to be complete in April 2020, Montgomery County Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley said.
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By Kara McIntyre
Kara started with Community Impact Newspaper as the summer intern for the south Houston office in June 2018 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She became the reporter for north Houston's Tomball/Magnolia edition in September 2018, moving to Alpharetta in January 2020 after a promotion to be the editor of the Alpharetta/Milton edition, which is Community Impact's first market in Georgia.
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