Home Care In Fulshear, TX

KATY and FULSHEAR, Texas (Covering Katy News)— The Texas Department of Transportation expects to complete the $108 million 6.7-mile expansion of FM 1463 by late 2026, more than four years after construction began.

The project involves expanding FM 1463 from two lanes to six lanes north of Spring Green Road, and from two lanes to four lanes with raised medians south of Spring Green Road. Work began in February 2022.

Kris Hadley, TxDOT public information officer, said by January new northbound concrete main lanes will be placed from FM 1093 to Cinco Ranch Boulevard, continuing north to Cinco Trace and ending at Westridge Creek Lane.

By mid-2026, Hadley said, TxDOT estimates completing permanent intersection signals, sidewalks and crosswalks, and placing grass and vegetation along the new right-of-way.

Community Concerns Over Project Timeline

As TxDOT begins its fourth year on the project, some have complained about the time needed to finish the work. Hadley said TxDOT has received complaints about remaining utility issues, which it is addressing with Zachary Construction, the contractor. Right-of-way issues were resolved in 2022, she said.

"We have worked to address the concerns of the community," Hadley said. "Some in the community understood that the project would be completed much quicker than what was in the final project plan."

Fulshear Provides Public Information on Timeline

The project has drawn increasing interest from the public so the City of Fulshear created a page on its website to provide updated information and answer questions. That web page says the project is expected to be completed by June 2027, but Hadley said that date is based on full TxDOT acceptance of the roadway and completion and acceptance of the financial tasks associated with closing a project of this size. She said the information posted on that website comes from TxDOT. In reality, all construction work will be done by late-2026.

FULSHEAR, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Before sunrise in Fulshear, H-E-B opened its westernmost Houston-area today in the Jordan Ranch subdivision and residents had an opportunity to get their first look at the interior "modern prairie" style with wide aisles and natural lighting throughout the shopping area.

The 116,000-square-foot store is located at 29711 Jordan Crossing Blvd. at Texas Heritage Parkway.

"Opening our doors in this growing community is an honor and we look forward to providing our neighbors with convenient, close-to-home shopping experiences and solutions," said Juan Siso, Top Store Leader and 17-year H-E-B Partner.

The store features a walk-up seafood boil stand, a full-service pharmacy with drive-up spaces, 37 curbside pickup parking spaces and a fuel station with a car wash.

The bakery makes handmade artisan breads, cakes and warm tortillas daily. The deli department has a charcuterie island and cheese selection.

Sushiya offers handmade sushi made in-store daily and an Asian grill with rice bowls and teriyaki. H-E-B Meal Simple provides meals prepared in store.

The meat market offers Prime, natural and organic meats, Wagyu and fully cooked options. The produce section features organic and Texas-grown selections.

The store includes a Cooking Connection with live demonstrations, a craft beer and wine section with a sampling station, and a Blooms floral department with online ordering and delivery.

A strawberry stand in the bakery department serves Belgian ganache poured over fresh strawberries, available only at the Jordan Ranch location.

H-E-B hired 470 employees for the Jordan Ranch location, most from the local area. The San Antonio-based company is the largest privately held employer in Texas.

H-E-B operates more than 455 stores in Texas and Mexico with annual sales exceeding $50 billion. The company employs more than 175,000 workers.

The 116,000 square-foot store will be the retailer’s furthest west large-format location in Houston to serve parts of Ft. Bend, Waller and Harris counties

H-E-B officially opened its newest Houston-area store, H-E-B Jordan Ranch, Wednesday, October 29th. The 116,000-square-foot store is located at 29711 Jordan Crossing Blvd. in the Jordan Ranch Market shopping center at the corner of Texas Heritage Parkway and Jordan Crossing.

“Opening our doors in this growing community is an honor and we look forward to providing our neighbors with convenient, close-to-home shopping experiences and solutions,” said Juan Siso, Top Store Leader and 17-year H-E-B Partner. “As H-E-B Jordan Ranch will be the furthest west large format H-E-B in the Houston region, we not only have the opportunity to grow with this Ft. Bend County area, but we will have the pleasure of serving those who will find their way to our aisles from nearby Waller and Harris counties.”

Continuing its growth in the Houston market, H-E-B introduces this developing community to a shopping destination with a commitment to deliver unsurpassed freshness and quality at H-E-B’s everyday low prices. Filled with exciting amenities and innovations that H-E-B is known for, the H-E-B Jordan Ranch has distinctive features such as our walk-up Seafood Boil stand just out front – select from shrimp, crawfish, crab, or lobster and let H-E-B do the work; a full-service H-E-B Pharmacy with drive-up spaces; and a massive H-E-B Curbside area with 37 parking spaces; and a fuel station with carwash. H-E-B is serving up its version of the internet’s favorite strawberry cup using premium ingredients with a local touch. This decadent dessert of warm, rich Belgian ganache poured over a cup of fresh, hand-selected strawberries is only available at our new Jordan Ranch location’s strawberry stand in the Bakery Department.

Inside and out, the new store reflects the unique character of the Jordan Ranch community. The store design, which has a modern prairie style, also emphasizes environmental sustainability, incorporating several energy efficient inclusions such as CO2 refrigeration units and LED lighting.

Through its Spirit of Giving philosophy, H-E-B is dedicated to its customers beyond its stores. H-E-B commemorated the store’s grand opening with donations totaling $20,000 to local nonprofits. H-E-B Jordan Ranch will serve three local school districts. Each district’s foundation will receive a $5,000 gift – Katy ISD Education Foundation, Lamar CISD Educational Awards Foundation, Royal ISD Education Foundation. Fulshear’s Texana Cafe will receive $5,000 in gift cards to support its mission to make and serve exceptional food while supporting meaningful employment for neurodiverse individuals and to serve as a training ground for individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities to gain important work experience.

As a multi-format retailer, H-E-B operates Joe V’s Smart Shop and Central Market stores throughout Texas, as well as Mi Tienda store formats in Houston. H-E-B also owns Favor Delivery, a fast and convenient delivery service that serves cities across the state.

Additional store highlights include:

On the same day, H-E-B opened its newest DFW-area store in Rockwall. The 131,000-square-foot Rockwall H-E-B joins nine other H-E-B stores and two Joe V’s Smart Shop locations the retailer has opened in the Metroplex since 2022. H-E-B also operates six Central Market locations throughout north Texas.

The new store is at 1600 E Interstate 30, which is located at the southwest corner of I-30 and S. John King Blvd. in Rockwall County, east of Dallas.

About H-E-BH-E-B, with sales of more than $50 billion, operates over 455 stores in Texas and Mexico. Known for its innovation and community service, H-E-B celebrates its 120th anniversary this year. Recognized for its fresh food, quality products, convenient services, and a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability, H-E-B strives to provide the best customer experience and low prices. Based in San Antonio, H-E-B employs over 175,000 Partners in Texas and Mexico and serves millions of customers in more than 300 communities. For more information, visit and the .

Voters in the Katy-Fulshear area have one final chance to weigh in on several state and local races Nov. 4.

On the ballot

Several state and local races, including school district and emergency service district propositions, are on the November ballot.

Lamar CISD voters will decide on the district’s $1.99 billion bond, which includes four propositions for new campuses, stadium improvements, technology refresh and student devices, Community Impact reported.

Meanwhile, residents in the Fulshear Simonton Fire Department service area will have an additional ballot proposal to allow the department to collect a 2% sales and use tax, in addition to the state’s 6.25%.

Additionally, voters statewide will have the opportunity to weigh in on 17 proposed state constitutional amendments. The amendments center around issues such as reducing property taxes and funding water supply projects. To view all 17 propositions, click here.

Where to vote

Election Day is Nov. 4, with voting locations open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website. Harris County voters can choose from any of 600 polling locations, according to the county’s website.

Meanwhile, Fort Bend County voters can cast their ballot at any of the 82 locations countywide on Election Day, according to the county's website.

However, Waller County voters must vote within their respective voting precincts on Election Day. To see election precincts, click here.

Voters should bring at least one of seven forms of appropriate identification options to the polls, such as a Texas driver's license, personal ID card, handgun license, military ID card or U.S. passport, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website.

By the numbers

Harris County saw a total of 212,104 in-person and mail ballot votes cast during the early voting from Oct. 20-31, according to the county clerk’s office. The county’s voter registration department found that more than 2.5 million people are registered voters in the county.

Meanwhile, Fort Bend County saw 31,006 voters cast their ballots in person during the early voting period, with additional ballots cast by mail, according to early voting statistics from Fort Bend County. Early voters represented nearly 5.53% of the county's 560,979 registered voters.

Additionally, Waller County saw a total of 2,978 in-person and mail ballot votes cast during the early voting period, according to data from the county.

Stay tuned

For more information on Election Day coverage, visit 's voter guide. Unofficial election results will be updated on the website as results come in.

Government Reporter

Aubrey joined Community Impact as a reporter in February 2024, where she covers government in the Katy, Fulshear, Missouri City and Sugar Land areas. Before coming to CI, she served as Editor-in-Chief at Insite Brazos Valley Magazine in Bryan. She also served as the news editor at The Battalion, Texas A&M University’s student newspaper, before graduating with a major in journalism and minors in business and sports management in 2022. When she’s not writing, Aubrey enjoys spending time with her friends, family and her cat, Ferguson.

Daily news about your community is free, and your support is invaluable.

Give $10 now towards CI's journalistic mission across Texas.

Become an InCIder

FULSHEAR, Texas – With Halloween right around the corner, some families in the Jordan Ranch subdivision say their real-life nightmare has already begun and it’s not ghosts or goblins. It’s rats.

Residents told KPRC 2 reporter Re’Chelle Turner the rodents have taken over their neighborhood, crawling through backyards, parks, and even swimming pools.

“And if they’re migrating, they don’t seem to be moving very fast,” one resident said. “It’s been three weeks. They’ve actually found, you know, a place to live and good food, and they’re happy. This is not a migration. This is a takeover,” Kat Littmann said.

Homeowners say the problem has been going on for weeks and the HOA hasn’t done enough to stop it.

“Lately it’s kind of scary and gross at night,” Littmann said.

Families say the situation is so bad, it’s turned their community into something out of a horror movie.

“It’s a rat invasion and it’s not like a normal rat situation,” another neighbor told KPRC 2.

Kat Littmann, who’s lived in Jordan Ranch for several years, said she’s seen the rodents running along sidewalks and scavenging through trash bags.

“We’re not talking like Michael Myers kind of rats here,” Littmann said. “But I come back late at night after volunteer work, you know, 10:30 at night on trash, when people have put out their trash cans for the next morning, and there will be five or six rats on a bag of garbage, or there will be rats running down the sidewalk to get to something, you know, like food a kid dropped or something,” she said.

Parents say they’re now worried for their children’s safety especially after finding rats and carcasses near play areas.

“The hawks are, like, eating them and leaving behind part of their carcasses,” one mother said. “And my son, he’s only about to be two, and he likes to be touching absolutely everything, and I’m afraid that he’s going to touch one of the rats and, you know, get sick from it,” one parent told Turner.

Residents shared several disturbing photos with KPRC 2 showing dead rats in traps, rodents scurrying across sidewalks, and one floating in a homeowner’s pool filter.

“It’s a health hazard. It’s not… It’s not a game,” another resident said. “Like, I’m afraid to go with my kids to trick-or-treating,” one resident stated.

In an email to homeowners, the Jordan Ranch HOA said it’s aware of the issue and is working with pest control to determine what treatment options can be used in the community’s shared spaces.

Here’s the full statement from the HOA email sent Thursday:

“Good morning, Jordan Ranch residents,

The HOA has received several emails regarding the rodent infestation in Jordan Ranch. We are working with our pest control vendor to determine what treatment options are available for the community’s common areas. The shed has been treated routinely for several years. The bait traps are checked monthly by the pest control company. If homeowners are having issues on their personal property, they should contact their own pest control company for help.

The technician also mentioned that rodents tend to migrate during the fall, but they typically don’t stay longer than a few weeks.

The HOA will continue to update residents on what actions are being taken to control the rodent problem in the common areas.

Thank you!

SBB Community Management

(on behalf of Jordan Ranch Residential Association, Inc.)

Still, many residents say the HOA’s explanation isn’t enough especially since they’re paying more than $1,200 a year in HOA fees.

“We pay for maintenance on the grounds of the community itself,” Littmann said. “That means that they should be eliminating the places that the rats can live. They should be putting up maybe more trash cans so people can throw away things and it will be cleared out regularly, so the rats don’t have food,” Littmann said.

KPRC 2 reached out to the HOA on Thursday asking who’s responsible for addressing the infestation and where the rodents are coming from. A follow-up email was sent Friday afternoon.

As soon as the HOA responds, KPRC 2 will update this story.

Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.