1. The Grand Parkway
Construction continues on segments F-1, F-2 and G of Houston’s third outer loop. The project features overpasses and interchanges at Hwy. 290, Hwy. 249 and I-45.
Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in December 2015.
Cost: $1 billion
Funding sources: Texas Department of Transportation
2. Hardy Toll Road widening
A Harris County Toll Road Authority project, the Hardy Toll Road will be widened from FM 1960 to the Grand Parkway with a third lane added in each direction. Construction began in January on the toll road’s partial interchange with the Grand Parkway. Maintenance work will begin on the roadway in April, while construction on the expansion will begin this summer.
Timeline: Project is expected to be completed by mid-2016.
Cost: $95 million
Funding sources: HCTRA
3. Hufsmith-Kohrville Road Segment 1
Contractor Menade Inc. began construction Feb. 16 to widen Hufsmith-Kohrville Road from a two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard section in Tomball. Segment 1 spans from just south of Spring Cypress Road north to Hollow Glen Lane.
Timeline: Construction is slated for completion in February 2016.
Cost: $6.5 million
Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4
4. 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.
Cost: $2.89 million
Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4, TxDOT
5. Tomball Tollway
HCTRA is constructing the six-lane electronically monitored road raised above Hwy. 249 feeder lanes. All major items of work are complete on the three sections spanning just south of Spring Cypress Road to just north of FM 2920. Crews are completing minor items, such as grading, seeding and installing rails on the mainlanes. Workers have begun construction on a northbound left-turn lane at the Northpointe Drive intersection and southbound entrance ramp widening. Free ramps are being installed near FM 2920.
Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in April.
Cost: $170 million
Funding sources: HCTRA
