TexasArchitect Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 once they complete that underpass it'll be great. currently there's too much traffic at the kuykendahl/1960 light due to all the traffic. right now it's bearable, but once construction progresses i'm sure it'll be a nightmare, but in the long run it'll be worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Actually, it's discussed here. MERGE and purge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Actually, it's discussed here. MERGE and purge! done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 done. It's like having my own HAIF Genie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 I noticed this weekend that they have cleared the land for the westbound right-most lane (1960). Doesn't seem like they've done that for the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Oops sorry. I was talking about Kuykendahl in the Woodlands.........1960 seems like another city to me, even though it hits the same road.. Sorry I forgot about this tread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 THAT part of the street is a nightmare, especially with all the new development that has been occurring over the past few years. In fact, anyone that wants to live there now is incredibly nuts because they're going to have to deal with the traffic. And I'm not just saying that because my Ex lives by that street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 THAT part of the street is a nightmare, especially with all the new development that has been occurring over the past few years. In fact, anyone that wants to live there now is incredibly nuts because they're going to have to deal with the traffic. And I'm not just saying that because my Ex lives by that street. Some of us do not have a choice. It is where we live. Fortunately, I do not HAVE to go down 1960 (west) unless going to the gym (24 Hour Fitness at 1960 @ Stuebner-Airline), but it is a nightmare and getting worse. They have to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Here's a camera phone photo of the construction when I passed by today. I wanted to take more pictures, but kinda hard to do while driving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Article in the Chron today:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5880220.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 And this just in:Transportation Study: FM 1960 (BF 1960A to FM 2100)http://www.txdot.gov/project_information/p...1960_fm2100.htmThis is over in the Humble to Lake Houston area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I have finally come to terms with this thing. For Spring (Cypresswood) residents, it makes sense. Cypresswood & Louetta take a long time to get to 45 (if you live west of Ella), going down Kuykendahl, passing under 1960 will make life easier. Once you hit 45, you're practically in Greenspoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralis Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I'm not sure if this has been updated on other threads but thought I should chime in.In 2007 I moved into the area after I bought a foreclosure property. Shortly after I bought it the foreclosure crisis kicked in and construction began at this intersection. But since the construction completed over a year (or has it been two years) ago, it is Jan., 2011 as I write this, none of the businesses have returned and in fact many more have closed down SINCE it's been built.The 1960 area (45 to 249) is dying and could even be considered dead at this point.There are not enough homes with enough income to sustain middle to high income businesses along FM 1960. If an area that isn't vacant has businesses, you can be sure that they are only cell phone and check-cashing businesses or even massage parlors. There isn't a national chain around that area for miles anymore. Businesses from golf courses and grocery chains have packed up and left and found no reason to return.Additionally, the intersection has done nothing for traffic. Traffic continues to back-up just as before and the waiting time at the light has actually increased. But traffic since 2007 along this area has actually decreased -- it may be that fewer people who live in the area commute to jobs in other parts of Houston (a bad sign for the economy of a neighborhood in Houston).It seems like the construction for 1960 was designed by planners who wore rose-colored glasses for the development of the area and fistfuls of cash. But unfortunately, Northwest Houston has become blighted and almost exclusively the domain of low-income housing. There is very little hope that the area will revive as crime increases and properties cease to be developed and updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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