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The trees lining Tomball’s Main Street are set to be replaced with new trees after Tomball City Council approved a $1.5 million contract with Environmental Designs Inc. at its April 20 meeting.
The tree removal and replacement are related to the FM 2920 reconstruction project, which will start in January 2029, Public Works Director Drew Huffman said.
The gist
Huffman said the trees will be the last part of the construction along Main Street and are expected to be planted in 2031.
“The roadway will be done, the drainage will be done, the irrigation will be put in, and then the trees go in,” Huffman said.
By the numbers
Huffman said there will be 200 trees total, planted along FM 2920 from Willow Street to Hwy. 249 where applicable. Sixty trees will be grown to 10-to-12-inch caliper for downtown Tomball, which Huffman said are bigger than the current average 9-inch caliper trees lining Main Street.
There will be 6-to-8-inch caliper trees grown to be planted outside of downtown Tomball, Huffman said. Extra trees are also being grown in case of any tree deaths during the growing process.
Some context
Spearheaded by the Texas Department of Transportation, the FM 2920 reconstruction project—spanning from Business 249 to Willow Street—was first identified as a need through the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s access management study from 2007-08 and Livable Centers Study in 2009, Community Impact previously reported. The goal of this project is better mobility and crash reduction.
