Transportation Updates

4. Woodlands Parkway turn lanes This project adds eastbound and westbound left-turn lanes at Grogan’s Mill Road. A bid was received for $1 million for this project as well as two others, including the widening of Grogan’s Mill Road. Once the bids are evaluated a contract will be written. Once the project begins construction, it is estimated to be complete in 150 days. Timeline: TBD Cost: $1 million Funding source: WRUD

5. FM 2978 widening The 4-mile widening of FM 2978 includes adding two lanes, one in each direction, from FM 1488 to Conroe-Hufsmith Road. The project is expected to be bid in October, and construction will commence in the first quarter of 2016, according to TxDOT. Once construction begins, the project will take three years. Timeline: early 2016-early 2019 Cost: $21 million Funding sources: TxDOT, Federal Highway Administration

6. Kuykendahl Road extension A half-mile extension of Kuykendahl Road from Alden Bridge Drive to Crownridge Drive is 97 percent complete and open to drivers. The extension links all of Kuykendahl Road through The Woodlands. TxDOT is awaiting manufacture and delivery of a signal pole, which will take approximately 12 weeks. Timeline: Extension is open to traffic Cost: $2.5 million Funding source: TxDOT

7. The Grand Parkway Zachry-Odebrecht continues work on the three contiguous segments—F-1, F-2 and G—of Houston’s third outer loop. The segments stretch from Hwy. 290 to Hwy. 59. Several lanes and ramps are closed for construction. Closures include the I-45 northbound exit and Spring Crossing Drive and the Hardy Toll Road, the I-45 northbound frontage road left lane at Spring Stuebner Road, and the I-45 northbound right shoulder from the Spring Stuebner Road entrance ramp to exit 72. Timeline: July 2013-December 2015 Cost: $1.2 billion Funding source: TxDOT

8. Gosling Road Segment 2 The proposed 1-mile Gosling Road Segment 2 improvement project, between West Rayford Road and Creekside Forest Drive, is in the study phase. The engineering study will establish an alignment with appropriate drainage, drainage-mitigation needs and environmental assessments. The timeline is dependent on the Nov. 3 Harris County bond referendum. Timeline: TBD Cost: $6.5 million Funding Source: TBD

9. Kuykendahl Road bridge over Spring Creek The Kuykendahl Road bridge construction across Spring Creek is being designed by the WRUD. The joint project among the WRUD, Montgomery and Harris counties will be bid upon completion of the project development. Funding depends on a Harris County November bond referendum. Timeline: TBD Cost: $4.1 million (part of Kuykendahl Road widening) Funding sources: Montgomery and Harris counties, WRUD