Transportation Updates Conroe | Montgomery December 2016                    

1. FM 1097 maintenance

The Texas Department of Transportation will overlay FM 1097 with new asphalt between Bethel Road and Hwy. 149. The project will also add shoulders on each side of the highway.

Timeline: first quarter 2017-fourth quarter 2018 Cost: $5.8 million Funding sources: TxDOT

2. FM 1488 overpass

Work on a project to widen FM 1488 from two to four lanes from FM 149 to just past Community Road is ongoing. The project also includes construction of a railroad overpass on FM 1488 near the FM 149 intersection over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks, making it possible for commuters to cross the railroad tracks without interruption. Construction on the project has reached 50 percent completion.

Timeline: December 2015-fourth quarter 2017 Cost: $27.6 million Funding sources: TxDOT

3. FM 3083 railroad overpass

The TxDOT project has already widened FM 3083 from I-45 to the starting location of the overpass bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and the project will continue to widen the road from the start of the bridge to Stewarts Creek. The project has reached 22 percent completion and is expected to take about two years to finish.

Timeline: July-summer 2018 Cost: $13.1 million Funding sources: TxDOT

4. Hwy. 105 maintenance

TxDOT is overlaying Hwy. 105 with new asphalt between Flagship Boulevard to just west of Plantersville Road in Montgomery. Crews have finished 95 percent of the project.

Timeline: May 2016-first quarter 2017 Cost: $3.98 million Funding sources: TxDOT

5. Hwy. 105 beautification project

The city of Conroe started construction on a Hwy. 105 improvement project Oct. 10. The project will add a raised median throughout the roadway from I-45 to Frazier Street. Crews will also replace the wire traffic signals with mast arm traffic signals. Additionally, the project includes construction of new sidewalks along the roadway and a retention pond at the southeast I-45 intersection.

Timeline: Oct. 4-first quarter 2018 Cost: $5.56 million Funding sources: TxDOT

6. I-45 landscape project

TxDOT is undertaking a landscape project along the I-45 corridor from the northern Montgomery County line to I-10 in Harris County. The project is about halfway complete and is expected to take about four more months.

Timeline: March 2016-second quarter 2017 Cost: $3.3 million Funding sources: TxDOT

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