The Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA), formerly the Montgomery County Transportation Program (MCTP), is a government agency created on August 24, 2006 by Montgomery County to oversee all future toll road projects within the county. MCTRA operates one toll road: the MCTRA 249 Tollway, which serves as the tolled mainlines of SH 249 (Tomball Parkway). This toll projects are located inside of Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
History In 2005, Montgomery County created the Montgomery County Transportation Program (MCTP) to oversee various pass through toll,TxDot's Pass-Through Financing Program called a shadow toll in other countries, financing projects for the state of Texas, located within Montgomery County.
On August 24, 2006, Montgomery County created the Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA) to oversee all future toll road projects, located within Montgomery County.
When the MCTRA began collecting tolls from the tolling facilities, it used the EZ TAG system along with the two Texas interoperable tags used in the state; Texas Department of Transportation's TxTag and the North Texas Tollway Authority's TollTag as well as any other state tags that Texas becomes interoperable with.
Roadway system
Roads built by the MCTP Name Starting location Ending location FM 1314These are pass through financing projects (shadow toll), where the state of Texas is repaying Montgomery County back over time based on number of vehicles that travel these sections of the road each year. Fatheree Drive south of SH 242 FM 1484 FM 3083 FM 2432 FM 1485 Loop 494 Kidd Cemetery Road FM 1488 I-45 FM 2978 FM 1488 FM 2978 Mostyn Road Direct connectorThese direct connectors were built by the MCTP and were operated by the MCTRA (with HCTRA collecting tolls for MCTRA) from 2015 to 2019. SH 242 W I-45 S Direct connector I-45 N SH 242 W
Roads operated by the MCTRA
Other toll facilities within Montgomery County are maintained by TxDOT and fall outside MCTRA's jurisdiction, including the Grand Parkway (SH 99 Toll) and the Aggie Expressway portion of SH 249 north of FM 1774 in Pinehurst.
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External links Montgomery County creates toll road authority Pass-Through Financing Program