At the stroke of midnight, the Houston area’s 40-year efforts for an outer belt will shoot past the 100-mile mark, when northeast segments of the Grand Parkway open — and offer faster trips for rural areas, officials said.
The road opens to traffic on Thursday, but tolling does not start until midnight Friday, officials said.
Tolls repay the debt the state — through the Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation it formed a decade ago — assumed to build the project. Over the course of collecting money and repaying loans, including a federal loan for more than $600 million, officials expect interest to hike the total cost to $1.8 billion.
Paul joked that despite the huge milestone the new segment represents, it could also challenge transportation officials, who might quickly regret not adding two lanes in each direction. “Getting it done through COVID-19 and hurricanes and the winter storm is an achievement,” said Javier Martin Gil, CEO of Grand Parkway Infrastructure.
If other portions of the tollway are any indication, those homes and businesses will come to Dayton with the latest opening and Alvin and other communities later. Since the portion from I-10 to U.S. 290 opened in December 2013, development in the area — primed for its debut — has only accelerated, leading to plans to widen some local roads,.
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