Grand Parkway: To build or not to build…
The Grand Parkway could be a fourth “ring road” around the greater Houston region, proposed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and promoted by the Grand Parkway Association.
Known as SH 99, the Grand Parkway is proposed as a toll road stretching more than 180 miles and passing through seven Texas counties, including Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Montgomery, Liberty, and Chambers. The majority of the proposed route runs through mostly vacant and environmentally-sensitive areas.
Project commentary
Mar 2009: Texans tell TxDOT: Slow down and fix it first! Don’t waste our stimulus!
Feb 2009: TxDOT racing to select stimulus projects
July 2008: Where the people aren’t (segment E)
June 2008: Harris County hears the case against segment E
Sept 2007: TxDOT gets a public earful over segment C
Join the conversation
CTC’s online forum includes several discussions of Parkway issues:
- Grand Parkway segment E to be fast tracked
- Grand Parkway: controversial segment C
- Grand Parkway: tolling segment D
- Grand Parkway: segment F2 Tomball to Spring
- Grand Parkway: segments H and I1
Links to local organizations
Local grassroots organizations exist in some of the communities affected by the proposed toll road:
- Fort Bend County (segment C): Stop Toll Road
- Spring and Tomball (segment F2): Stop the Grand Parkway
Background information
CTC, Houston Tomorrow, and Houston Sierra Club have collaborated to present an overview of the Grand Parkway with links to local organizations at grandparkway.info/background.