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TXDOT HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING ON SH 105 EAST WIDENING PROJECT

Several hundred residents of the SH 105 East corridor attended a public hearing Thursday night to voice their opinions and hear what TXDOT had to say about the widening of SH 105 East. The plan is to widen the road to 4-lanes with a center turn lane from 10th Street in Conroe to SH 105 Loop in Cleveland. Due to Federal mandates on Federal Funding, the plans must include sidewalks. The issue of the raised median was shot down several years ago but most of the length will have curbs and gutters. The project is expected to start in 2021. Currently, utilities are being moved for the length of the project. Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts addressed the TXDOT group telling them he would help in any way he could get this completed. TXDOT said there were over 50 fatal crashes from 2003 to 2015. Mett’s told TXDOT that while he was Justice of the Peace he made many of those and hopes there will be no more. Several residents s expressed concerns of the sidewalks so close to their homes and businesses. Another concern was why the project was going to be started at 10th Street and take possibly years to get to the Loop, where the Loop dumping onto SH 105 and the FM 1485 right turn lane is one of the major traffic problems currently. The plans can be seen at the following links. In addition, written comments can still be sent to TXDOT. TXDOT said they will need ot acquire an additional 45 acres of right of way for the project which is estimated to cost $175 million to complete the 20 miles of concrete highway.

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NOTICE
NOTICE (ESPANOL)
PROJECT LOCATION/HEARING VENUE MAP
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESMENT
SCHEMATIC FROM 10TH TO FM 1485
FROM FM 1485 TO MILMAC
EAST OF MILMAC TO EAST OF CARMEN
OLD 105 TO PIONEER
<PIONEER TO MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA TO GOODE CITY
GOODE CITY TO BUSINESS 105

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