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West Houston Association | Issues & Projects Transportation |
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Transportation Projects & Issues |
GREATER WEST HOUSTON'S CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK The West Houston Association advocates aggressively for first class highways, thoroughfares and transit. The result: one of the nation's most accessible growth communities. The transportation network serving Greater West Houston stands above that of other like regions in Houston and elsewhere in the United States in providing mobility and access, the critical components of a region's economy. Few similar region's can match the number and quality of these facilities:
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2011 Quality Growth Partners
West Houston Association | 820 Gessner Suite 1310, Houston, Texas 77024 | 713.461.9378 | info@westhouston.org
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Sam Houston Parkway West--completed in 1987
this tollway has become the north-south backbone of not only Greater West
Houston. The entire "Sam Houston" loops the City on an approximate
12-14 mile radius of the CBD of Houston. The final eastern portion
was completed in 2011.
Interstate
10 West (The 10 W) reconstruction of this 21 mile freeway was
completed in 2008 after a record-breaking 6 year construction schedule.
This is THE premier urban freeway and high occupancy toll roadway in the
United States. The 10 W runs through the heart of Greater West
Houston and is its main link between the master planned residential
communities in the west and the high density urban work centers in the
central and eastern portions. 12 miles of 10 W contains the four
lane "Katy Managed Lanes".
Westpark
Tollway Opened in 2004 and extended in 2005 to the Grand Parkway, it
connects over its length of 19 miles the master planned communities in the
west to the Galleria area with direct high speed connectors and through
connections to the CBD and Texas Medical Center. Fort Bend County is
extending the tollway beyond the Grand Parkway.
