Pictures of First Northpark Concrete Pour
9/16/24 – As promised, contractors began the first Northpark concrete pour for a major stretch of the road expansion project this morning. They scheduled the pour for 3 AM to 1 PM. And by 9:30 AM they appeared on schedule to finish the first 1,000 feet within the allotted time. See the pics below, all taken on 9/16/24.
After this first Northpark concrete pour, we should see three more by October 1. See the plan here.
More Visible Progress, Next Stages
According to project manager Ralph De Leon, the underground drainage and utility work is the hardest and slowest part of the project. “So, residents will see much faster progress now,” he said.
Northpark expansion will accommodate population growth and speed up traffic. But it will also create an all-weather evacuation route for 78,000 Kingwood residents.
The center ditch that used to go down Northpark has now been totally replaced with box culverts. Now contractors are paving over the culverts.
The old lanes will be demolished and replaced by new concrete also.
After Northpark is paved from Russell Palmer Road to Loop 494, the focus will shift to repaving a portion of 494 and then the commercial strip between 494 and the entry ponds at US59.
To help the public plan around construction, the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority constantly updates its project page with a three-week “look-ahead” schedule.
For More Information
The posts below contain a history of the project.
- 24/09/13 Northpark Crews Begin Pouring Concrete Monday, Road Narrowed
- 24/08/18 Northpark Drive Construction Sequence Changing
- 24/08/08 Northpark Drive Expansion Project Overcoming Hurdles
- 24/06/21 Northpark Expansion Obstacles Finally Being Addressed
- 24/04/21 Northpark Floods at Russell-Palmer Road
- 24/04/19 Entergy Makes Some Progress on Northpark but Significant Issues Remain
- 24/04/07 Northpark Entergy Saga: New Power Poles Slowly Going Up
- 24/04/02 New Entergy Power Poles Finally Arrive on Northpark
- 24/03/29 Northpark Expansion Update; Still No Sign of Entergy
- 24/03/16 First Concrete Poured for Northpark Expansion
- 24/03/09 Entergy Ignores City Deadline to Move Power Lines
- 24/03/08 TXDoT, LHRA Engage Kingwood at Northpark Phase II Meeting
- 24/03/05 Details of Phase II Meeting
- 24/02/27 February ’24 Northpark Expansion Update Including Lane Closures
- 24.02/24 Save the Dates: Public Input Meetings for Diversion Ditch, Northpark Expansion Phase II
- 24/02/20 Entergy Escalates Battle with COH over Northpark
- 24/02/16 Excavation of Second Northpark Detention Basin Well Underway
- 24/02/10 Entergy in City’s Crosshairs, Lane Closures Announced
- 24/02/02 Northpark Tree Transplantation Finished, Drainage Updates
- 24/01/13 Excavation of Northpark Detention Basins Starts
- 24/01/07 What Some Utilities Don’t Understand About the Northpark Expansion Project
- 24/01/04 Northpark Tree Moving Starts; Pond Excavation Next
- 23/12/03 Northpark Expansion Presses Forward While Fighting Entergy Obstacle
- 23/11/17 Contractors Strike Oil at Entry (Illegally dumped years ago)
- 23/11/05 City Approves Northpark Expansion Agreement with Union-Pacific.
- 23/10/26 Project moving forward on multiple fronts
- 23/10/12 Transplanting first tree
- 23/10/02 Clearing of south-side entry for second pond
- 23/09/30 Clearing north-side entry for first pond
- 23/09/23 How plan balances flood mitigation, costs, saving trees
- 23/09/02 New entry design, change in construction plans forced by utility conflicts
- 23/08/17 More drainage for Northpark
- 23/08/02 Ditch clearing stretches halfway to 59 in less than week
- 23/07/25 Northpark construction starts in earnest
- 23/04/13 Groundbreaking
- 22/02/19 Update on expansion project
- 21/07/28 Plan details
Posted by Bob Rehak on 9/13/24
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