The details
Following approval from the county's budget office May 27, county commissioners have started work on several projects in two precincts. Budget Director Amanda Carter authorized commissioners to spend a total of up to $8 million before bond funds are officially available in early August, meaning each commissioner will be able to spend up to $2 million from the county's general fund alongside any road and bridge funds from each commissioner's budget.
- Precinct 3: Work on shoulder replacements on Cochran's Crossing Drive in The Woodlands began June 6, adding widened asphalt shoulders to the roadway. The majority of projects being done by Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler are shoulder replacements and intersection improvements such as at Grogans Mill Road and Research Forest Drive, which will go before commissioners for approval June 10.
- Precinct 4: In Precinct 4, the commissioner's office is beginning work on the widening of Ford Road and Sorters Road in New Caney and Porter. Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray said the two main priority projects are the widening of Ford and Sorters roads, which have been major projects for the region since 2015.
Commissioners will meet June 10 to approve additional financing and reimbursement agreements for each precinct in Montgomery County for the 2025 road bond initiative. The reimbursement resolution was part of an effort made by commissioners in late May to begin work on shovel-ready bond projects as soon as possible by using county funds, which officials said will be reimbursed from bond funds.
