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Topic: New sidewalks built across Harris County Precinct 4Miles Built: 50 miles of new sidewalks in 2024Money Spent: $20 million in 2024; $16 million more planned for 2025Areas Covered: Alief, Cypress-Fairbanks, and Katy ISD neighborhoodsSource: Harris County Precinct 4 / cp4.harriscountytx.gov
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Good first step: Act Harris County Precinct 4 Sidewalk Request Page
Go to cp4.harriscountytx.gov to see the sidewalk map and ask for a sidewalk on your street.
Harris County Precinct 4 built 50 miles of new sidewalks in 2024 — a county first. The work focused on communities where residents, especially students, had to walk along busy roads with no safe path. Now a second phase is underway, and you can track every project on an interactive map.
Phase 1 used a $20 million investment to build 50 miles of sidewalks in a single year. That includes roughly 14 miles near 13 Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (CFISD) campuses and nearly 23 miles near Katy ISD schools. Phase 2 has a $16 million budget and adds corridors like South Mason Road, Eldridge Parkway South, and Barker Cypress Road.
You can visit the Precinct 4 website and pull up an interactive map that shows both completed and planned sidewalk segments. If your street still has a gap, you can submit a request directly through the site. That resident feedback is exactly how this program got started — your input shapes where the next miles get built.
Phase 1 completed in 2024. Phase 2 began in 2025 and is expected to wrap up by fall 2026.
Unincorporated Harris County, including communities near Alief, Cypress-Fairbanks, and Katy ISD schools, parks, bus stops, and healthcare facilities.
This project connects to school safety, public transit access, and healthcare access — all things that matter to Houston-area families. Safe sidewalks near bus stops make it easier to get around without a car. Paths near clinics and parks support everyday health. If you use Houston Metro bus routes or walk your kids to an Alief, CFISD, or Katy ISD school, this work may already affect your daily route.
Walking without a sidewalk along a busy road is dangerous — and for many Houston-area families, it was the only option. Residents told Precinct 4 about this problem at town halls. A data analysis of 406 square miles of the precinct confirmed where the gaps were worst. The 'Sidewalks 4 Precinct 4' initiative puts safe walking paths where people need them most: within one mile of schools, parks, transit stops, and clinics.
