8 Community Impact Newspaper • impactnews.com NEWS News or questions about these or other local transportation projects? Email us at [email protected] TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Major projects in the area Compiled by David Pollan 2 FM 1774 overpass Magnolia 1774 era D o b bin 149 Rd . S tage osehill in rd Ha ch R d. m it h St Rd eR or Wo o . d l and s Pk w d 2978 y. Tomball Rd. Timeline: Project is estimated to be Timeline: Project is expected to take more complete in spring 2015. than two years once construction begins. Cost: $30.3 million Funding sources: TxDOT Cost: $5.88 million Funding sources: City of Tomball 5 Hufsmith-Kohrville Road widening Segment 1 Project update 249 Decker Pr ai R ri e coa H u fs The contractor is finalizing the installation and testing of utilities. The excavation for detention is underway and the contractor is expected to begin paving in the next few weeks. Once completed, Segment 3 of the Medical Complex Drive extension in Tomball will connect the street from where it dead-ends near Lawrence Street through to Cherry Street. W. Main St. Medical Complex Dr. Telge R 2920 4 1 6 d. Holderrieth Rd. 3 99 Boudreaux Rd. Cypress Rosehill Rd. Mueschke Rd. Liza Winkler Nichols Sawmill Rd. 2 B ut 1488 State Spur 149 K u y k e n d ahl Rd. 1486 4 Medical Complex Drive extension The Texas Department of Transportation is working to secure funding to build an overpass on FM 1774 in Magnolia that will elevate over the railroad tracks at the FM 1488 intersection and provide continuous movement along FM 1774. The design phase of the project is about 85 percent complete. The project will be opened for contractor bidding in spring 2016. Sp Liza Winkler Project spotlight 1 Tomball Tollway The paving of the Tomball Tollway from Spring Cypress Road to Canyon Gate Pointe Drive is 95 percent complete and all the retaining walls have been fully constructed. The main lane toll gantry has been painted and the remaining structural work necessary on the gantry will be completed in early November. The bridge beams for the northbound side of this segment—where the Tomball Tollway crosses the Grand Parkway— have been hung. The deck panels, which ri n 5 r e s s R d. g Cyp Map not to scale are placed on top of the bridge beams, for the northbound elevated span are 50 percent complete and pouring of the actual concrete surface for the elevated span started the last week of October. The paving between the southern intersection with Business 249 and Alice Road is 90 percent complete. The paving of the tollway from Alice Road to FM 2920 is underway. The hanging of the bridge beams at Willow Creek is 60 percent complete, and the hanging of the bridge beams over Holderrieth and Alice roads is expected to begin the first week of November. Phase I of the Harris County Toll Road Authority project will be a six-lane—three in each direction—electronically monitored tollway in the median between the existing Hwy. 249 main lanes. Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in spring 2015. Cost: $170 million Funding sources: HCTRA CAGE FREE DOG BOARDING WILLOW CREEK RANCH OF TOMBALL WE ALSO OFFER: Cat Boarding • Horseback Riding Lessons Pony Parties • Doggie Daycare Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year Monday - Sunday 7am-7pm | Holidays 7am-7pm 10% OFF Boarding or Grooming New customers only. Not valid on holidays. 11105 Mahaffey | Tomball, TX 77375 | 832-884-6122 | WillowCreekPets.com 3 The Grand Parkway Segments F1, F2 and G Construction of the Grand Parkway is requiring lane closures and traffic diversions on some roads near the project, including a total closure of Boudreaux Road—both eastbound and westbound—from Hwy. 249 to Old Boudreaux Road nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Nov. 5 through Nov. 7. There will also be a total closure of eastbound and westbound Gleannloch Forest Drive from Boudreaux Road to Northpointe Drive nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Nov. 10 through Nov. 12. In addition, the left lane of eastbound and westbound Champion Forest Drive from Boudreaux Road to 0.6 miles east of Boudreaux Road will be closed through March 2015. Three segments—F1, F2 and G—of the project are under simultaneous construction and will total 37 miles. Timeline: Project is estimated to be complete in December 2015. Cost: $1 billion Funding sources: TxDOT The clearing activity is nearing completion and the respective utility relocation efforts are underway as part of the capital improvement project by Harris County Precinct 4 to widen Segment 1 of Hufsmith-Kohrville Road in Tomball from a two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard section. Construction is expected to commence November 2014. Segment 1 will widen the road from 400 feet south of Spring Cypress Road north to Hollow Glen Lane. Timeline: Completion is expected 10–12 months from November 2014. Cost: $6.4 million Funding sources: Harris County Precinct 4 6 Hufsmith-Kohrville Road widening Segment 6 Harris County Commissioners Court approved the results of the study phase of the project to widen Segment 6 of Hufsmith-Kohrville Road in Tomball from 500 feet south of Willow Creek Estates south to Holderrieth Road on Oct. 28. The project will move into the design phase, which will determine whether to upgrade the existing two-lane asphalt roadway to a four-lane concrete boulevard section with storm sewer system or to a fivelane concrete pavement roadway with open ditch draining. Construction is slated to begin in either the third or fourth quarter of 2015. Timeline: Completion is expected nine–12 months from start date. 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