Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
11/5/25 – From ground level, a driver may not see all the progress being made on the first all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood. But from the air, it’s unmistakable. One can clearly see the pieces of the final Northpark project coming together. In the last week, contractors have: Below are pictures taken on Monday, 11/3/25 […]
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Read More10/18/2025 – 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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Read More5/17/25 – Contractors have finally started boring under UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks to connect Northpark drainage east and west of Loop 494. That crucial connection is a key to beginning many other parts of the Northpark expansion project. Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority first contacted UPRR about running Northpark drainage under their tracks ten years ago. […]
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Read More3/13/25 – Just how wide will Northpark be when construction is complete? After the UnionPacific Railroad finished installing concrete road crossing panels last week we now have a visual cue. It’s going to be WIDE! With a capital W! Approximately three times wider than it currently is. See the pictures below taken this morning. Northpark […]
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Read More3/7/25 Updated at 2:30 PM– The UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) has almost finished with Northpark work that caused a three day closure of one of two major traffic arteries out of Kingwood. UPRR hopes to reopen Northpark this afternoon. They say it should be open for evening rush hour. Reasons for Closure UPRR installed a single […]
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Read More3/6/25 – UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) has finished splicing a 55,000-pound, 200-foot-long, single section of track into their line across Northpark Drive in Kingwood. However, more work still needs to be done. UPRR must still: Heavy Lifting Completed The hardest part of the job is now complete, though. The single-section splice will stabilize the track through […]
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Read More3/5/25 – This morning, the UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) closed Northpark Drive to replace a 200 foot section of track and install new signals. The replacement is necessary because the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10 is expanding Northpark Drive to handle increased traffic and to create the first all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood. The expansion project […]
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Read More2/26/25 – One week from today, Northpark Drive will close for three days. UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) will maneuver a two-hundred-foot section of track and ties – welded and bolted into a single, massive unit – into place across what will become ten lanes of traffic and two sidewalks. Section Already Assembled, Ready, Waiting UPRR has […]
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Read More2/21/25 – The UnionPacific Railroad (UPRR) has started preparing rails that it will place in one 200-foot long section across 10 lanes of Northpark Drive traffic. The closure of Northpark for the installation is still scheduled for March 5-7. UPRR is prepping the rails in the old northbound lanes of Loop 494 immediately north of […]
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Read More1/23/25 – In an effort to build the first all-weather evacuation route from Kingwood along Northpark Drive, contractors this week took a brief break – for the weather. But today, they were back at it. Here’s where things stand in the last full week of January. Demolition, Drainage and Weather Delay The Lake Houston Redevelopment […]
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