The Texas Department of Transportation’s Bryan district office announces two traffic advisories. Sunday and Monday (May 19 & 20) soil testing around the intersection of Wellborn Road and George Bush Drive involves lane closures at various times. Starting Tuesday (May 21) is a series of traffic changes in the construction zone on Harvey Mitchell Parkway that will take the rest of the month to complete. The week of May 21, existing crossovers will be closed, and new U-turn lanes will open at FM 2818 and George Bush, Luther, and Holleman. The following Tuesday (May 28), traffic on 2818 between FM 60 and F&B Road will move to their final configuration. TxDOT news release about soil testing at Wellborn Road and George Bush Drive: Geotechnical investigative efforts for the FM 2154 (Wellborn Road) and FM 2347 (George Bush Drive) Intersection Project have been rescheduled and are expected to begin, Sunday, May 19, 2024. This work is anticipated to be completed on Monday, May 20, 2024. More information about the project can be found on www.txdot.gov, keyword search, “FM 2347 George Bush Drive Interchange.” This notice advises the public that work at the location will require lane closures. TxDOT encourages drivers to plan for extra travel time through this area or to seek alternate routes. TxDOT news release about traffic pattern changes in the FM 2818 construction zone: The ongoing Harvey Mitchell Parkway (FM 2818) improvement project has reached another construction milestone which will result in a change to traffic patterns. Next week, the intersections will undergo a change in operations where the existing crossovers will be closed and new signalized median u-turn lanes will be opened, to the north and south of each intersection. All left-turns and through traffic on the side streets of George Bush, Luther and Holleman will be prohibited. Instead, all traffic movements that previously used the crossovers, will now use the new median u-turns to cross FM 2818 or change direction. This will be the last interim switch prior to the final configuration later this summer. The necessary changes will be accomplished during the overnight hours of 7:30PM and 6:00AM each night and will begin, weather permitting, the evening of Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Work for this traffic pattern change is anticipated to be completed by the morning of Friday, May 24, 2024. This schedule will be adjusted, if necessary, to ensure driver and worker safety. The following week, during the same overnight hours, 7:30PM and 6:00AM, Tuesday evening, May 28, 2024, and completing by Friday morning, May 31, 2024, the northbound and southbound lanes from University Drive (FM 60) to F&B Road will be switched to their final configuration and other striping adjustments made throughout the project for the next construction phase. Drivers should avoid travel in this area, if possible, during these time periods. Those who must travel through the work zone should expect delays and intermittent traffic stoppages as crews adjust traffic devices, modify lane striping, and make certain the route is ready to be opened to traffic.
