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H-E-B buys Waller County land for distribution campus - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com) "The company announced April 25 that it closed on nearly 500 acres in Waller County for the project. The Hempstead site is south of U.S. Highway 290 and east of Highway 6, roughly 50 miles northwest of downtown Houston."

Driving down to Houston yesterday I noticed that the truck stop in Hempstead (recognizable by a large Exxon/McDonald's sign) had completely closed, with the McDonald's sign only remaining (the McDonald's is actually next to it). From my observations: - The canopy had removed all Exxon branding and even appeared to be falling apart - It once had a Denny's inside; earlier this year it had been converted to a "Country Delight Cafe" - Sometime in late 2015 or early 2016 a Subway was added to the end, I remember it being perhaps the first Subway I've seen opened post-Jared - Today, the gas station is boarded up entirely (looks like Country Delight is also gone) with Subway still open inside.

Got this press release in the e-mail yesterday: Funds Granted to US 290 Corridor Improvements "Projects allow TxDOT to provide congestion relief for US 290 commuters." HOUSTON - The Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Houston District is excited to announce that at its monthly meeting, the Houston-Galveston Area Council's Transportation Policy Council approved the several improvement projects along US 290, which will help ease congestion along the corridor. These projects are moving forward utilizing Proposition 12 bond funding previously allocated by the Texas Transportation Commission. First is the US 290/BW 8 interchange area, known as Project G, which includes (1) the construction of a continuous frontage road along BW 8 at US 290, (2) construction of collector-distributor lanes on US 290 from W. Little York to FM 529, and (3) construction of the US 290 mainlanes and frontage roads from W. Little York to FM 529. Project G totals $144 million and is tentatively scheduled to go to contract for construction in July 2012. Second are the Transportation Systems Management (TSM) projects along US 290 between Eldridge and Cypress Roshill/Fry Road. TSM is a program to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow through freeway operations improvements. These projects, totaling $6.5 million, include: . US 290 intersection improvements at SH 6, Spring-Cypress, Skinner, and Cypress Rosehill-Fry. These will include dedicated right-turn lanes on both sides of US 290 at SH 6, as well as new left-turn lane options. . Intersection improvements on the US 290 eastbound frontage road at Eldridge, including a dedicated right-turn lane onto Eldridge. . Addition of an auxiliary lane on US 290 eastbound between Telge and Huffmeister. . Addition of the US 290 westbound frontage road at Barker-Cypress. TxDOT estimates the TSM projects will go to contract for construction in July 2012. Once these projects are complete, they will enhance traffic flow along US 290 easing the commute for motorists. The reality of the transportation funding crisis still presents real obstacles for advancing the US 290 Program. With the projected cost of the US 290 corridor improvements totaling $2.8 billion, there is still approximately $1.4 billon of the program unfunded. Despite these funding challenges, TxDOT continues to move forward utilizing the resources we have currently to bring congestion relief to commuters.

Anyone know what is going on behind Lowe's on 290 and Spring Cypress? They cleared out the section that vendors used to set up in to sell stuff. Is that something going up or part of the 290 project?

http://www.kbtx.com/local/headlines/39109327.html ~1000 jobs, and Hempstead's largest employer.

I saw a sign say there was a farmer's market opening up near Huffmeister/Hempstead Hwy, but haven't seen any information about when it's open and what they have. Has anyone been there or have more info?