Humble plans South Houston Avenue widening, bids expected in 2026
South Houston Avenue is headed for a $10.3 million rebuild, but bids are not due until late 2026. Meek and Manning roads could ease sooner with repaving and drainage work.
Humble’s latest transportation roundup shows the city is still in the design and bidding phase on its biggest roadway overhaul, not at the point of closing lanes. The marquee project is South Houston Avenue between Will Clayton Parkway and Atascocita Road, where a two-lane asphalt road is planned to become a three-lane concrete roadway with curb and gutter, a new traffic signal system and drainage improvements.
City Manager Jason Stuebe told attendees at an April 23 BizCom event that engineering on the South Houston Avenue project is about 95% complete, with bids expected to go out in late 2026. The estimated cost is $10.3 million, and the city of Humble is funding the work. For drivers who use that corridor, the immediate takeaway is that the project is advancing, but the heaviest disruption is still ahead rather than happening now.
In the next 30 to 90 days, commuters are more likely to see paperwork, final design work and procurement steps than pavement changes on South Houston Avenue. That matters because the project’s scope is substantial: the road is not just being widened, it is also getting drainage upgrades and a full shift from asphalt to concrete. Those details suggest Humble is aiming for a longer-term fix, not a quick patch.
A second project in the roundup focuses on Meek and Manning roads, where existing asphalt between North Houston Avenue and Townsen Boulevard will be repaved and paired with drainage improvements. That work is less dramatic on paper than the South Houston Avenue rebuild, but it is the kind of corridor project that can make a daily commute noticeably smoother once crews get moving.
If Humble’s bottlenecks begin to ease in stages, the Meek and Manning corridor is the likelier first candidate because it is a resurfacing and drainage job on an existing street, while South Houston Avenue is still headed toward bids late next year. The roundup said the list was not comprehensive and identified three projects in total, a sign that the city’s road program is still spread across multiple corridors rather than tied to one isolated fix.
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