Segment F-2 is a proposed
12.1 mile four-lane controlled access toll road with intermittent frontage
roads from SH 249 (Tomball Parkway) to IH 45 (North Freeway) through Harris
County. For Segment F-2, the alternative alignments were developed within the
project area to fulfill the purpose and need of the project, to minimize
potential environmental impacts, and to respond to public/landowner and
resource agency comments. A Recommended Alternative Alignment was identified in
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS; February 2004). This selection
was based on public and resource agency input, and analysis and comparison of
the potential effects on the physical, biological, and human environments of
each alternative alignment. After reviewing public comments on the Segment F-2
DEIS, the Grand Parkway Association in coordination with TxDOT and FHWA decided
to prepare a Revised DEIS that was released on June 9 2006. Due to public
comments, the Revised DEIS included a new alternative alignment, Alignment F,
in the analysis. A Public Hearing was conducted over two nights at Klein
Collins High School on July 11 and 12, 2006.
The Study Team is currently responding to public
comments and preparing the Final Environmnetal Statement (FEIS) that is
scheduled for release during the 3rd Quarter 2008. The FEIS will evaluate
the Preferred Alternative Alignment, which was developed from public, and
agency input on the Recommended Alternative Alignment as described in the
Segment F-2 revised DEIS.
Additional information concerning the schedule can be found here.
In response to
public and resource agency comments concerning potential cumulative impacts of
Segments E, F-1, F-2 and G and the need to assess all four segments as
facilities with independent utility and logical termini, the FEIS
organized in a four-volume set. Volume I of the FEIS includes analyses and
results common to all four segments. Volume II provides a detailed assessment
of an individual segment relative to the specific study area. Volume III
contains Exhibits and Appendices referenced in Volumes I and II of the
FEIS. Voume IV contains materials related to the DEIS Public Hearing and
comments on DEIS with response.
The Recommended
Alternative Alignment as of the May 2006 DEIS is shown below on the map. Click
on the individual green squares to view detailed maps of Segment F-2. These
squares indicate the limits of the detailed maps for this segment. Once a
square is selected, the detailed map will open in a separate window. The
detailed maps are large files and may take a few minutes to download depending
on the speed of your internet connection. Once in the detailed maps, use the
zoom button in the toolbar to view the maps at 100% of their original size.
To learn more about
the progress of Segment F-2 as well as other segments of the Grand Parkway,
please use the links to the left.
