Strategy: Widen to 8 lanes
Agency: TxDOT
Status: Construction to begin in 5 to 10 years

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – MPO ID: 18999

Strategy: New Location Relief Route North of Magnolia
Agency: Montgomery Co. & TxDOT

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – MPO ID: 18985 

Strategy: New Grade separation
Agency: Harris County & TxDOT

Strategy: Improvements for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Agency: METRO

Strategy: Innovative Interchange Improvements
Agency: Harris Co. & TxDOT

Strategy: Construct Remaining 7 Direct Connectors
Agency: HCTRA & TxDOT
Status: In Planning

Direct connectors linking the Hardy Toll Road to Sam Houston Parkway will enable drivers to transit between the two roads without having to stop at traffic lights, improving mobility in the area. Motorists needing to transition between the two roadways currently experience significant congestion due to signalized intersections during peak periods. This project is estimated to cost $71 million. Final design has begun and construction is expected to begin in 2023.

Strategy: Various HOV / Managed Lanes
Additions

Strategy: Construct Remaining Direct Connectors
Agency: Various
Status: In Construction | SH 249 Connector – Complete

Direct connectors linking the Tomball Tollway to SH 99 (Grand Parkway) have enabled drivers to transit between the two roads without having to stop at traffic lights, improving mobility in the area. This project has built the connectors to travel from northbound Tomball Tollway to east- and westbound Grand Parkway as well as east- and westbound Grand Parkway to southbound Tomball Tollway. Construction has been completed on this direct connector as of Spring 2023.

Strategy: Align Intersection & Provide New
Railroad Grade Separation
Agency: Montgomery Co. & TxDOT

Strategy: New Location Arterial
Agency: City of Shenandoah

Status: Funded

In an interlocal agreement between Montgomery County and the City of Shenandoah, David Memorial Drive has now been funded! The county is set to allocate $5 million, including $2 million previously set for the design and specifications, while both City of Conroe and City of Shenandoah, Texas would provide $2 million each. “This is an older project,” said Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray. “That is the fun part of this job, breathing life into these older projects that we have had hanging out there especially in my precinct.”
Learn more here: Montgomery County, Shenandoah agree on David Memorial Drive extension (houstonchronicle.com)

Strategy: New Location Arterial & River Crossing
Agency: City of Conroe

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – MPO ID: 17101 

Strategy: Widen to 6 lanes
Agency: TxDOT
Status: Construction begins within 4 years

Strategy: Widen to 4 lanes to fill in gaps
Agency: TxDOT
Status: Construction begins within 4 years

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – MPO ID: 16343

Strategy: Widen to 6 lanes
Agency: TxDOT
Status: Construction begins in 5 to 10 years

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – Multiple MPO IDs

Strategy: Improve/Expand Transit and Park & Ride
Facilities
Agency: METRO

Strategy: Operational Improvements
Agency: HCTRA and TxDOT

Strategy: Highway & Transit Improvements from
Downtown Houston to Conroe
Agency: TxDOT
Status: Funded | Project Pause Lifted | Some Segments in Final Design Phase

*Included in the Draft 2025 – 2028 Transportation Improvement Program – Multiple MPO IDs

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