1. Tomball Tollway
The paving of the Tomball Tollway from Spring Cypress Road to Canyon Gate Pointe Drive is 95 percent complete. The retaining walls and mainlane plaza structure are fully constructed. Installation of clay liner at the detention pond is complete. Paving on the north end of the project began in late November, and the retaining walls are 95 percent complete. The paving between the southern intersection with Business 249 and Alice Road as well as the segment from Alice Road to FM 2920 are both 90 percent complete. The hanging of bridge beams at Willow Creek and Alice Road is complete, and the hanging of bridge beams from Holderrieth Road to Business 249 is 50 percent complete. Phase I of the Harris County Toll Road Authority project will be a six-lane—three in each direction—electronically monitored tollway in the median between existing Hwy. 249 main lanes. It will run from just south of Spring Cypress Road to just north of FM 2920.
Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in spring 2015.
Cost: $170 million
Funding sources: HCTRA
2. The Grand Parkway
Segments F1, F2 and G
Construction of the Grand Parkway is requiring several lane closures and traffic diversions on a number of roads near the project. Drivers should be aware of a left-lane closure on Boudreaux Road—both eastbound and westbound from Hwy. 249 to Old Boudreaux Road—daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Jan. 4. In addition, the left lane of eastbound and westbound Champion Forest Drive from Boudreaux Road to 0.6 miles east of Boudreaux Road will be closed through March 2015. The segments stretch from Hwy. 290 to Hwy. 59. For up-to-date information on the project's progress, construction information and all lane closures, visit www.grandparkway99.com.
Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in December 2015.
Cost: $1 billion
Funding sources: Texas Department of Transportation
3. Holderrieth Road improvements
The necessary engineering investigations have been accomplished to warrant the installation of a traffic signal system at the intersection of Hufsmith-Kohrville and Holderrieth roads in Tomball. The project is now in the design phase and will be made available for contractor bidding in winter 2014. Proposed improvements include the installation of a traffic light, pavement widening to accommodate north and eastbound left-turn lanes and related drainage modifications at the intersection.
Timeline: Completion is expected 90 days from the start date in spring 2015.
Cost: $450,000
Funding sources: Tomball Economic Development Corporation, Harris County Precinct 4
4. Spring Cypress Road widening
Harris County plans to expand Spring Cypress Road from four lanes to five lanes from I-45 to Lexington Boulevard in Spring. The project has received a notice to proceed pending utility relocation. It is expected to take 210 days to complete.
Timeline: Completion is expected 210 days from the start of construction.
Cost: $3.49 million
Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4
5. Spring Stuebner Road Segment C
Segment C of the Stuebner Road widening project in Spring remains scheduled to be completed Dec. 15 and will open to the public in conjunction with the Holzwarth Road extension. The segment—from Falvel Road to I-45—will be widened from two lanes to four lanes. Segments A and B—from Kuykendahl to Falvel roads—have already been completed and were widened to four lanes as well.
Timeline: Segment C is scheduled for completion Dec. 15.
Cost: $8.96 million for Segment C
Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4
6. T.C. Jester signal installation
Harris County continues work on the installation of 10 traffic lights along T.C. Jester Boulevard between FM 1960 and FM 2920 in Spring. The intersections receiving traffic signals include Chapel Bend Drive, Aspen Bend Drive, Kennonview Drive, Glenmere Lane, Winding Ridge Drive, Center Court Drive, Pinelakes Boulevard, Alvin A. Klein Drive, Springbrook Hollow Drive and Spring Creek Oaks Drive.
Timeline: Project is scheduled for completion May 22, 2015.
Cost: $2.89 million
Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4, TxDOT
