Support From: Sponsored By:

• A voluntary association of local

governments, H-GAC provides a regional

forum for cooperative action.

• Created by Texas, role defined by State

and local governments:

– Area Agency on Ageing (12 Counties)

– Job Training (13 Counties)

– Gulf Coast 911 District (8 counties)

– HGACBuy; Energy Purchasing; SBA; and

more.

MPO Planning Area

MPO Counties: Brazoria Fort Bend Waller Montgomery Liberty Chambers Galveston Harris

• In 5 years, most planned residential

growth complete

• Internal roadway network largely

complete

• Some future employment growth

• Much greater growth outside The

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• Orderly and predictable

development of road network

• Reduce congestion and delay

• Reduce impact of new

development on existing residents

and businesses

• Reduce public cost of major street

improvements

• Long range (50+ years)

• Identifies type and general location

of future roadways

• Preserves transportation corridors

(i.e. right-of-way)

• Guides future development

• Promotes connectivity and design uniformity

• Specific alignment of roadways

• List of construction projects

• Prioritized list of projects

• Set timeframe for project

completion

• Promise to build roads

• Commitment of public funds

South County Mobility Plan • Montgomery County Precinct 3

• The Woodlands Township

• Shenandoah

• Oak Ridge North

• Texas Department of Transportation

• Woodlands Road Utility District #1

Montgomery County Thoroughfare Plan • Montgomery County

• Conroe

• TxDOT

SCMP MCTP

Planning horizon Short + Long Term Long Term

Cost $500,000 $300,000

Specific Projects Yes No

Project Cost Estimates Yes No

Prioritized List of Projects Yes No

Implementation Timeline Yes No

Public Participation Yes Yes

Short Term Key Corridor Recommendations: 16 roadway projects on 9 roads for $207 M

Short Term Other Recommendations: 15 roadway projects and 13 studies on 22 roads

for $158 M (Includes IH 45 Study)

15 intersection, traffic management and bicycle

improvement projects for $10 M

Long Term Recommendations: 40 roadway projects on 24 roads for $1,208 M

14 bicycle/pedestrian corridors for $31M

Thoroughfare Plan Updates East of I-45

• City and County thoroughfare plans

• The South County Mobility Plan

• Data Collection and Analysis

Traffic congestion

Traffic generators

Man-made and natural barriers

• Input from focus groups, public meetings and elected officials

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Congestion Map

FM 1488

• Population and employment growth

• Lack of N/S and E/W roads across the

county

•Congestion on IH 45; access to IH 69

and SH 99

• Lack of roadway connectivity

• San Jacinto River

• Significant floodway and 100-year

floodplain

SCMP • Website

• Business Owners Open House

• Bicycle Focus Group

• Questionnaires/Comment Cards

• Elected Official Briefings

• Advertised Public Meetings: Shenandoah and Oak Ridge

North

MCTP • Website

• Focus Groups: 10

• July 2014 – Data Gathering

• September 2015 – Draft Thoroughfare Plan feedback

• Commissioners Court Briefings: 4

• Advertised Public Meetings: Conroe, Shenandoah, New Caney and Magnolia

Recurring Comments

• Opposition to: extension of W. Tamina, Aldine-

Westfield and Peoples Road

• Support for: Superior Road, Woodlands

Parkway, Old Conroe Road, Magnolia

loop/Magnolia bypass, Loop around Conroe

• Need alternatives to IH 45 throughout the

county

• Concern over the number San Jacinto River

crossings

Issues addressed

Opposition to thoroughfare through

Cimarron Country Plan was modified –

• Honea-Egypt was ended at Corrolla • W. Tamina was not extended north

Opposition to Aldine-Westfield

extension via Scarlet Oak Trail Plan was not modified –

• Aldine Westfield/Scarlet Oaks Trail is

Major Thoroughfare (1979)

• Developer dedicated 100’ of ROW

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1. Woodlands Parkway Extension to SH 249 • This corridor has been in the Montgomery County

Thoroughfare Plan continuously since 1979.

2. Branch Crossing Extension to FM 1488 • This corridor is in the City of Conroe’s Thoroughfare Plan

and was carried forward to the MCTP.

3. Gosling Road Extension north of SH 242 toward the City of Conroe • This proposal was in the South County Mobility Plan and

Conroe’s Thoroughfare Plan. This corridor has been in the Montgomery County Thoroughfare Plan since 1979.

• SCMP recommends further environmental impact assessment.

4. Grogan’s Mill Extension to SH 242 • Grogans Mill is not extended to SH 242 in either the SCMP

or the MCTP. Grogans Mill merges into Vision Park which

now ends at IH 45.

5. The expansion of Grogan’s Mill Road south

of Woodlands Parkway within the Township • The MCTP is not a list of projects and has not recommend

any road widening projects. It did identify Grogans Mill as

a Major Thoroughfare, as does the City of Houston MTP.

• SCMP recommended the widening of Grogans Mill from

Research Forest to Sawdust.

South County Mobility Plan • Study completed: Sept. 2014

• Public Meeting for recommendations:

September 2014

• Document completed: Sept. 2015

• Plan accepted by Montgomery County,

The Woodlands Township, Shenandoah,

Oak Ridge North and WRUD#1: Sept.-Nov.

2015.

Montgomery County Thoroughfare Plan: • Thoroughfare Map: October 2015

• Public Meetings on Thoroughfare Plan Map draft: Nov. 2015

• Commissioners Court action: January 26, 2016

• Completion of plan documentation: June 2016

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