A 2-mile extension of the Westpark Tollway extension project will open around noon Feb. 28, more than eight months ahead of schedule, Fort Bend County Precinct 1 Commissioner Vincent Morales announced in a Feb. 25 Facebook post.
The project aims to help provide congestion relief for drivers and avoid the stoplight on the intersection with FM 1463, officials said.
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The opening is a part of a larger $72 million project by the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority to extend the tollway by 4 miles to bring the Westpark Tollway’s end to Charger Way, Community Impact reported. The extension is funded by toll revenue from area users.
Looking ahead
The extension to Charger Way is expected to be completed this fall, officials said. Future segments are planned with the tollway expected to extend as far as Simonton in the future, but talks continue before the project can move forward.
Also of note
The city of Fulshear conducted a $50,000 study, which found that an underpass for the tollway is feasible from an engineering perspective, but will cost $51.8 million in total—about $10 million more than a typical stretch on other sections of road.
The underpass would start east of Syms Street and end west of Lake Hill Farm Way, Goodlander said.
“Aesthetically, it would be very pleasing to all of us in Fulshear to have something under downtown instead of another overpass,” Fulshear Mayor Don McCoy said.