Project to improve Loop 494 about to begin

The Kingwood Super Neighborhood Council spent most of its Feb. 20 meeting learning the details of the upcoming Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) project to upgrade Loop 494 along the west side of Kingwood. The project will enhance the roadway to make full use of the existing right of way and will include sidewalks in appropriate commercial areas on either side of the roadway. There will also be raised turf medians and designated left-turn lanes at the busiest intersections. The project includes Loop 494 from the Northpark Drive intersection south through the Kingwood Drive intersection and continues to the McClellan Bridge north of the Hamblen Road intersection. It is a two-year project slated to begin in phases in late March or early April.

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