A four-mile Westpark Tollway expansion is underway with plans to continue all the way to Simonton and potentially Wallis, Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority officials said. (Noah Dawlearn/Community Impact)
As Katy and Fulshear experience increasing population growth—with Fulshear more than doubling their population since the 2020 census—several construction projects are planned to help alleviate congestion in the area, including a planned widening of I-10 from Snake Creek to Mason Road.
Anticipated to be bid in 2027, the project will widen the six-lane road to 10 lanes, according to project documents from Fort Bend County. This ties into city officials’ goals of funneling drivers to I-10 through expansion projects at Pin Oak Road and Pederson Road, City Administrator Byron Hebert said…