One of TxDOT’s partners in the US 290 Corridor Project’s effort to ease congestion is the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). HCTRA is in charge of transforming the current Hempstead Road into the Hempstead Managed Toll Road.
If you drive US 290 and Hempstead Road, you already know how congested both roads are. That’s why our Project found it necessary to increase capacity on both roads.
The new road would have two toll lanes in each direction and two free frontage road lanes in each direction from IH 610 to Beltway 8 (see above).
From Beltway 8 to the proposed SH 99/Grand Parkway, there would be two toll lanes in each direction (see above).
Phase I construction, from IH 610 to SH 6, is scheduled to begin in late 2010 or early 2011. Phase II will stretch from SH 6 to the proposed SH 99/Grand Parkway.
The Hempstead Managed Toll Road is just one of several projects on which HCTRA is currently working. If you’d like more information on HCTRA projects, please visit www.hctra.org.