The Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 10 are expanding Northpark Drive between Hwy. 59 and Woodland Hills Drive from four to six lanes and creating an overpass at the railroad tracks. Phase 1, set to start in 2020, targets Hwy. 59 to Russell Palmer Road. Phase 2, set to start in 2023, targets Russell Palmer to Woodland Hills Drive. At the Aug. 8 LHRA meeting, board members approved work orders for engineering company HNTB to begin the preliminary design and engineering phase of the Northpark Drive project.
Timeline: 2020-TBD (Phase 1), 2023-TBD (Phase 2)
Cost: $86.2 million
Funding sources: Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, Houston-Galveston Area Council
