Rebuilding I-45 will now cost $750 million more than expected
Downtown portions of the Interstate 45 rebuild will cost an additional $750 million, officials now say, as delays and price increases hike the current estimates. Photographed on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Houston.Typically, $750 million is the total cost for a major highway project, one that would take years to spend that kind of money. In the case of TxDOT’s plans for a mammoth rebuild of Interstate 45 and the downtown freeway grid, however, that is just the estimated cost increase so far.
“The rising costs are unfortunate as delay does not meet anyone’s goals,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. Rebuilding the freeway comes with seismic changes for downtown, where I-45 will be rerouted to follow Interstate 69 and I-10 on the east and north of the central business district and more than 12 miles of freeway will be reconstructed through dozens of neighborhoods. Portions of I-69 around downtown, as far west as Spur 527, and I-10 through Fifth Ward also will see major work.
Opponents to the project argue it does not do enough to shift Houston-area drivers from solo automobile trips and enables more suburban commuting by car and truck at the expense of safer streets and less disruption for the neighborhoods along the route.
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