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TxDOT outlines multi-decade plan for State Highway 36A corridor; public scoping to begin in 2025–26
Summary
TxDOT told the Waller County Commissioners Court on Feb. 18 that State Highway 36A is being advanced as two separate environmental studies (north and south segments), with scoping meetings and public outreach scheduled to begin in 2025 and 2026 and estimated construction costs running into billions of dollars.
District and state transportation officials told the Waller County Commissioners Court on Feb. 18 that work to study a new State Highway 36A corridor is moving into formal environmental review and public scoping, and that the project will be handled as two independent segments.
The Texas Department of Transportation presentation said the corridor — studied as a possible new limited‑access, four‑lane facility — is intended to add north–south capacity, improve hurricane‑evacuation options and relieve congestion anticipated with regional growth. TxDOT representatives said the north and south segments meet at I‑10 and will each follow the federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process required for federally funded new‑location highways.
Why this matters: Commissioners emphasized that Waller County is in a rapid growth corridor and said they want early community involvement and right‑of‑way protections so homes are not built over future alignments. County leaders and TxDOT officials repeatedly framed the work as regional — not…
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