5. Intersection improvement Grand Parkway and Harlem Road

This project is in the first phase of three phases and will construct turn lanes and U-turns at the intersection of the Grand Parkway and Harlem Road. It will create four lanes by widening the left-turn lanes in both directions. Timeline: March 2017–January 2018 Cost: $2.24 million Funding sources: federal, TxDOT and Fort Bend County

How it works

Electronic toll tag systems in Texas work interchangeably

In Texas there are 33 existing toll roads and 15 toll roads under construction that are operated by state, regional or county authorities, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

The Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin areas use one of three electronic toll-collection systems available in Texas—TxTag, TollTag or EZ Tag.

Despite the different collection systems, a toll tag for any one of the three entities works interchangeably for the other two systems.

For example, a Dallas-area resident with a TollTag will be charged on his or her TollTag account when driving in the Austin or Houston areas on a TxTag or EZ Tag toll road.

Payments are automatically deducted from a user’s account each time a driver passes under a toll gantry as long as the driver has a toll tag. Drivers without a toll tag will be billed separately by each tolling authority.