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The City of Humble is undertaking three road projects: widening South Houston Avenue to three lanes with traffic signals and drainage improvements ($10.3 million), repaving Meek and Manning roads with drainage work ($1.7 million), and replacing asphalt with concrete curb and gutter on McDugald Road, Sharon Drive and Carolyn Court while realigning the intersection at Rankin Road and Kingfisher Drive ($3.5 million).
Houston officials celebrated the grand opening of Boulevard 61 on Monday, October 26, 2026, marking the addition of 90 affordable homes to a 100-unit mixed-income apartment community in southwest Houston at 6101 Richmond Avenue. The development sets aside 90 homes as income-restricted and 10 as market-rate, with 25 of the apartments connected to project-based housing vouchers administered by Housing Alliance HTX.
Houston City Council member Alejandra Salinas introduced an ordinance called Keep Houston Clean on October 27, 2026, to combat illegal construction waste dumping by requiring project managers to submit waste management plans before construction and proof of lawful disposal after construction ends. The ordinance is expected to be considered by City Council in November 2026.
The Humble City Council approved a $20,000 funding increase for the Humble Museum during its Oct. 22, 2026 meeting to help with rising operating costs.
A restaurant fire at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal C North sent a large plume of smoke into the sky on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2026. The Houston Fire Department responded, passengers in the immediate area were relocated as a precaution, and the north area of the terminal remained closed afterward for cleanup.
Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones and the Houston Parks Board announced the start of construction on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 for a new 1.7-mile segment of the Spring Branch Trail West in northwest Houston, part of a larger effort to create an 11-mile trail network connecting Addicks Reservoir to White Oak Bayou Greenway.
Major road closures tied to the I-45 expansion project will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 at 9 a.m. The I-69 southbound entrance ramp at Webster Street will close completely through March 2027, and Hamilton Street and Gray Street will also close for storm sewer box installation and other work.
Three ongoing transportation projects in the Heights, River Oaks and Montrose neighborhoods are improving roadways, sidewalks and crosswalks. The projects add bike lanes, turn lanes, sidewalk reconstruction and enhanced lighting to aid drivers and pedestrians accessing local schools and other destinations.
The City of Houston began its annual Pumpkin Compost Drop-Off Program on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, allowing residents to dispose of pumpkins for free at two locations through Nov. 28, 2026. The program has diverted more than 63,000 pounds of organic material from landfills since 2022.
Residents in Houston's Sunnyside neighborhood say they are being turned away at high rates from a residential waste drop-off site on Sunbeam Street, and that the rejections are leading to illegal dumping in streets. The facility enforces rules including limiting visits to four times per month, requiring a valid driver's license and utility bill, and limiting trailers to 10 feet or less.
The West University Place Police Department is seeking more space and staff as it works to address parking shortages and expand to 42 sworn personnel.
Jersey Village City Council is scheduled to vote on a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $8.1 million with construction company Brookstone LP for the first phase of the City Campus project on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. The total cost for phase one is $9.5 million including construction, architecture and engineering fees, funded through a pay-as-you-go approach adopted in the city's fiscal 2026-27 budget on Aug. 18, 2026.
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