The Texas Department of Transportation Houston District is proposing to widen FM 1488 from BU 290 to Joseph Road in Waller and Harris counties. pvamu traffic houtraffic wdh kprc2 click2houston hounews waller
Waller County keeps on growing! It sits just 40 miles from downtown Houston and only 9 miles from the Grand Parkway, and with Prairie View A&M University next door, what used to be quiet back roads are now main arteries that need a major makeover to handle all the new traffic. This includes FM 1488, which has quickly become a major east/west connection for graduations and football games.The existing roadway is a two-lane, undivided roadway with 12-foot travel lanes and 5-foot shoulders.
Widening the roadway from two lanes to four lanes, with 12 feet outside shoulder and four feet inside shouldersKeeping the drainage as an open ditch.Reconstructing bridges over stream crossings to accommodate the proposed travel lanes.Continue Environmental AnalysisPublic Hearing – Present the Preferred Alternative for ReviewAccording to TXDOT, the project will cost a little more than $200 million dollars to expand the last 20-mile segment of FM 1488 from Montgomery County to Hempstead.
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