Fulshear Road Construction in 2026: What's Open and What's Next

"This will allow toll road patrons to avoid the light at FM359/FM1463, thereby providing congestion relief to those that must traverse that intersection." Fort Bend County Precinct 1 Commissioner Vincent Morales said that in late February, when My Neighborhood News reported that the first stretch of the Westpark Tollway extension was about to open.

That sentence also describes how relief is reaching Fulshear drivers in 2026. It comes one intersection, one signal and one short connector at a time, mostly from the county and the toll road authority. The large state projects that would rebuild FM 359 and widen the Grand Parkway through this stretch are still in design or environmental review, and their official pages give no current finish date. Here is where each piece stands as of mid-October 2026.

The light the tollway was built to skip

The Westpark Tollway extension is a project of the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority, budgeted at nearly $72 million. It runs four miles west along FM 1093 with two lanes in each direction and needed no new right-of-way. Construction started in August 2025, Harper Brothers Construction is building it, BGE, Inc. engineered it, and the full buildout reaches Charger Way.

The first two-mile segment was scheduled to open Saturday, Feb. 28, around noon, weather permitting. That date was nearly nine months ahead of the segment's contractual deadline of Nov. 3, 2026. The segment lets westbound drivers exit just past FM 1463 and eastbound drivers enter just west of it, so tollway traffic avoids the signal at FM 359 and FM 1463.

The same report projected full completion to Charger Way for August 2026. We have not found an update published since then that confirms the full extension opened on that schedule or gives a revised date. Treat August as the last published target, not a confirmed opening.

If you use the extension, two payment details apply. FBCTRA's toll roads page says its roads are electronic-tag-only, with no cash or pay-by-mail option. It accepts EZ TAG, TxTag, TollTag, PikePass and K-Tag. Its rate table, dated May 2026, lists $0.84 for a two-axle vehicle with a valid tag at the existing Westmoor, Peek and Katy Gaston plazas on the Westpark. The table does not show a separate rate for the new extension.

FM 1463 and the two meanings of "done"

The tollway goes around the FM 359 and FM 1463 intersection. FM 1463 itself is being rebuilt. The TxDOT project from I-10 to FM 1093 is a $108 million, 6.8-mile widening that started in February 2022. It adds concrete lanes, rebuilt intersections, storm sewer and waterline upgrades for both Katy and Fulshear, intelligent traffic monitoring, soundwalls in some northern neighborhoods and wide sidewalks. The contractor is Zachry Construction. Community Impact reported the finished layout as six lanes from I-10 to Spring Green Boulevard and four lanes from Spring Green to FM 1093, with raised medians and sidewalks.

Each source below gives a date for a different milestone.

Because each date measures a different milestone, they don't conflict. As Covering Katy explained, crews could finish the physical work by the end of this year while the paperwork that formally closes the project continues into mid-2027. Zachry's project page, published in September 2026, still lists the job as current. The city's update lists work still in progress on both ends. On the northern segment that means traffic control systems, median curb at Spring Green and sidewalk from Crossover to Cane Island. On the southern segment it means slip-form paving between Corbitt and FM 1093 and concrete right-turn lanes at several intersections. The city also says lane closures will continue for the rest of the project.

The short roads that already finished

FM 1463 and the tollway get the headlines. Some of the work drivers already use is much smaller.

Huggins Drive was substantially complete and open between FM 359/Main Street and Katy Fulshear Road as of Precinct 1's August 2026 update. It is now a three-lane concrete road. Two pieces remain. Turn lanes still have to be added at FM 359, and Phase 2 is in TxDOT permitting.

In its fiscal year 2025 report, covering October 2024 through September 2025, the City of Fulshear listed several finished projects. They included asphalt overlays in east downtown, pedestrian safety beacons and a 1,100-foot sidewalk on Flewellen Way connecting to Cross Creek Ranch. None of these projects is large. Every one of them is finished, though, which is more than the state corridor projects can say.

What's due between now and spring

Precinct 1's August update lists two more county projects with target dates in the next few months.

• Cinco Ranch Boulevard at Falcon Landing Boulevard: A new traffic signal is expected by November 2026. As of August, the project was waiting on a notice to proceed because signal parts have long lead times. A separate signal proposed at Cinco Ranch Boulevard and Cinco Terrace is not moving forward.
• Greenbusch Road, Gaston Road to Westheimer Parkway: This two-lane concrete rebuild includes storm sewer and a bridge. Utility conflicts slowed the work, and the reported completion target is February 2027.

The Grand Parkway frontage roads follow the same pattern. Southbound frontage work between FM 1093 and Fry Road was still under construction in July. Sidewalk work at Cinco Ranch, Bay Hill/Highland Knolls and Kingsland caused partial closures, and some concrete and electrical work was done, with cleanup and pavers left. More frontage packages were set for bids in July and August 2026, not construction. Those cover Bay Hill to Cinco Ranch and Fry Road to Westheimer Parkway in both directions, plus main-lane widening over Bay Hill and Cinco Ranch.

The big projects with no finish date

This is where the state projects that would most change daily driving in Fulshear stand.

FM 359, FM 1093 to Mason Road. TxDOT's project page proposes widening about 9.5 miles of FM 359 from two lanes to four divided lanes, with turn lanes and straightened curves. The page lists design, environmental clearance and a public hearing as next steps. A separate TxDOT proposal would realign the FM 359 S-curve between FM 1093 and Fulshear-Gaston Road, with intersection changes and 10-foot shoulders. Its page still shows a construction start estimate of "Early 2021" and gives no current completion forecast.

Grand Parkway main lanes, FM 1093 to I-10. TxDOT's SH 99 page proposes widening this 5.9-mile stretch from four lanes to six, with ramp changes and turn lanes. The page says an environmental re-evaluation was expected in spring 2025 and gives no construction date.

Fulshear Bend Drive, Woods Road to FM 359. This county project is further along than the TxDOT pages but still in design. As of the July 2026 Precinct 1 update, its drainage report had preliminary approval and 70% plans were expected within about three months. No construction or completion date has been announced.

Put together, the list shows the pattern. The projects with dates in the next six months are a traffic signal, a two-lane road rebuild and the last stretch of FM 1463 field work. The two projects that would widen FM 359 and the Grand Parkway main lanes in this corridor have no current schedule on their official pages.

Before you leave the driveway

Lane closures shift week to week, and the city sends drivers to Houston TranStar for current closures. Check the location before you change your route. TranStar's Oct. 12 report shows one inside lane closed in both directions on FM 359 from Foster Creek Drive to Foster Crossing, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28. That closure is in Richmond, not downtown Fulshear. For FM 1463, the City of Fulshear's projects page posts work updates by segment and shares closure notices as TxDOT sends them.

At SKW Realty, we track these road projects because they affect how a Fulshear address works day to day, including how long the school drop-off takes and which way you leave in the morning. If you're thinking about how FM 1463, the Westpark extension or the FM 359 plans relate to your home, ask us for a Free Home Valuation. We'll walk you through it street by street.