Tomball plans mobility projects

City officials are in the process of obtaining the land needed to complete the extension. There are still two pieces of property left to obtain. Once that process is complete, which is anticipated by the first part of the year, the city will move forward with the construction.

The city is also nearing completion on new sidewalks to connect Tomball Regional with area doctor's offices.

The city expects to start construction in the first part of 2014 on the M121 drainage channel in Tomball. The channel, which will run along Cherry Street, will provide an avenue for water to drain from the downtown area into a detention pond. The M121 channel is budgeted at $10.8 million, Shackelford said.

The city is in the process of obtaining five parcels of land needed for the project. The city has closed on, or is about to close on, three parcels, and is still working on obtaining the two remaining pieces of land.

The drainage channel will take two years to build, Shackelford said.

"It creates a relief channel right through the center of town," he said. "This will relieve a lot of detention issues for future development."