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Contractors Start Northpark Junction Boxes Next to Railroad Tracks

10/29/25 – Contractors have begun placing rebar and pouring concrete for two giant, cast-in-place junction boxes on either side of the UnionPacific Railroad tracks that cross Northpark Drive. The junction boxes will connect drainage systems on both sides of the tracks. Construction Roadblocks Eliminated Unanticipated utility conflicts held up drainage work for months. And the […]

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Major Northpark Milestone: Bore Under Tracks Completed

10/18/2025 – Yesterday, on 10/17/2025, the Northpark Expansion project reached a major milestone. Some might say the project cleared a major hurdle, except the hurdle is about 15 feet below the UnionPacific Railroad tracks. Whatever you call it, the completion of the second bore under the railroad tracks caused jubilation among board members of the […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Outlines of Full Northpark Expansion Now Visible

9/28/25 – The final outlines of the Northpark expansion project are now fully visible – much like a skyscraper after being framed out (except Northpark is horizontal). Even though all the concrete is not yet poured, yesterday, I saw for the first time what ten lanes will look like. For most of its length, Northpark […]

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Major Causes of Northpark Project Slowdown Being Removed

9/10/25 – Ralph DeLeon, Northpark project manager, had good news to share this afternoon. Two out-of-place water lines that have slowed the Northpark expansion project for months are finally being moved out of the way. Construction crews discovered the out-of-place pipelines during the boring operation under the UnionPacific Railroad tracks back in July. Contractors were […]

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Northpark Drive Lane Switches Scheduled for This Week

9/8/25 – In the quest to build an all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood, contractors for the Northpark Drive expansion project will switch traffic to accommodate new phases of construction. Two Four-Month-Long Traffic Switches This Week According the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority website: Both switches are east of the railroad tracks. See below. During this phase […]

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Major Northpark Traffic Change Coming Next Week

7/31/2025 – According to the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority website, contractors will soon move all eastbound traffic on Northpark Drive between Italiano’s to GS Tire & Auto to newly constructed lanes on the south side of the thoroughfare. This will eliminate two major swerves within 3,000 feet and straighten out inbound traffic east of Loop […]

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Demolition of Old Westbound Lanes Begins on Northpark

6/14/25 – In the NorthPark Drive expansion project last week, the traffic switch originally scheduled for 6/6 finally happened on 6/10. Since then, demolition of the old westbound lanes on Northpark between Loop 494 and US59 has begun. In other Northpark news, contractors are laying rebar in preparation for a concrete pour between Public Storage […]

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