Harris County Precinct 4 is working to widen roads on major connecting corridors to help manage growth in an area that has large business expansions and is growing by 80 people per day.
Harris County's explosive population growth during the past decade has caused a number of congested roadways throughout the region, which is why expanding current roads and building new roadways is crucial to the continued growth in the area, said Mark Seegers, communications director with Harris County Precinct 4.
"By population, if you just took Precinct 4, it would be the 43rd largest state in the nation," Seegers said. "It's clear this is one of the heavy growth areas. It's important you have the major growth corridors, such as Spring Stuebner and Stuebner Airline, and connecting roads, such as Gosling, opened up as much as possible."
Construction has started on the widening of Gosling Road from two lanes to four lanes between FM 2920 and Kuykendahl Road, and widening Gosling Road to five lanes from FM 2920 to Spring Stuebner. The five-lane road will have two lanes in each direction with a continuous turn lane.
