HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Transportation is working to replace the Cypress Creek bridge on the southbound lanes between Cypresswood and FM 1960.
Officials say this construction is causing cut-through traffic of thousands of drivers in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision.
Enchanted Oaks resident Doroth Ringer-Sumner said her typically quiet through street had essentially turned into a parking lot.
“I didn’t know why everyone was coming through the stop sign, and as far as I could look I saw a stream of cars," she said.
Ringer-Sumner said it's as much of a safety issue as it is a headache.
“This is an area with lots of families. You’ll see signs throughout that say ‘Slow Down We Love Our Kids,'" she said. "People who were zipping through there were upset at having to wait for that long period of time and so they were just running the stop sign.”
In an effort to alleviate this traffic, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said the decision has been made to close the I-45 South service road at the entrance ramp just south of Cypresswood Drive.
"This closure will certainly alleviate the thousands of motorists from cutting through communities in the area," the precinct said.
While the move appears to have alleviated the traffic in the neighborhood, Sumner-Ringer said her own commute will suffer now that I-45 South is bearing the brunt of the traffic.
“It’s just inconvenient," she said.