KATY & ROSENBERG, Texas (Covering Katy News) – The Texas Department of Transportation is nearing a decision on where Higway 36A will be located and will have two public meetings in August for community members and media to receive updates and provide feedback.
“Highway 36A will be a vital transportation corridor that will connect Port Freeport to the nation’s largest inland port in Dallas,” said Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers. According to information provided by his office, Meyers views the route as vital for Fort Bend County’s economic development and for diversifying the tax base of a county where residential homeowners currently pay more than 70% of the county’s property taxes.
Public Meeting Schedule
Tuesday, August 26
- 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
- Leonard E. Merrell Center
- 6301 S Stadium Ln., Katy
Thursday, August 28
- 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
- Fort Bend Epicenter
- 28505 Southwest Fwy., Rosenberg
Project Overview
The proposed Highway 36A transportation project will connect Port Freeport to Highway 6 north of Hempstead, delivering multiple benefits including improved evacuation routes, enhanced domestic and international trade facilitation, increased economic opportunities, and more efficient regional mobility.
This infrastructure development comes as Port Freeport expands to become Texas’s deepest port, with channel depths reaching 51 to 56 feet at the deepest point, making it the only port on the Texas Gulf Coast capable of fully accommodating the larger container ships that transit the expanded Panama Canal. The growing volume of imports and exports will generate increased cargo traffic, placing additional demands on the region’s currently limited rail and highway transportation infrastructure…