Ongoing transportation projects in the Heights, River Oaks and Montrose neighborhoods are working to improve roadways, sidewalks and crosswalks for drivers and pedestrians.

Check it out: Three of these ongoing projects as of October include:

• Shepherd-Durham Drive Reconstruction Projects: A $115 million project to reconstruct a roughly 5-mile stretch of road by adding bike lanes, sidewalks, left-turn lanes, streetlights, stormwater drainage systems and landscaping. Curb, gutter and sidewalk work is ongoing, with a traffic shift expected this fall.

• Montrose Safe Routes to School: An $8.9 million project to reconstruct and widen 4.5 miles of sidewalks used to reach three local schools. Construction is scheduled to begin in early October.

• Mandell Street Improvements Project: A $1.5 million to $2 million project to replace existing sidewalks with new 5-foot sidewalks and wheelchair ramps, improve the asphalt roadway surface and enhance lighting. Construction is expected to start in late October or early November.

This list is not comprehensive, and updates are as of early October.

Georgian restaurant Bread Boat officially held its soft opening Oct. 16 near the Upper Kirby area, officials confirmed.

Bread Boat’s location at 3835 Richmond Ave., Houston, is the first to lay down roots outside of its home in Austin, Texas.

On the menu: Khachapuri sits at the center of Bread Boat’s offerings, which is widely considered one of Georgia’s national dishes, according to the restaurant’s website.

The traditional form features a molded-by-hand boat of blistered dough that is filled with a mix of molten cheese, egg yolk and butter. The boat is baked until golden brown at the crust, perfect for tearing and dipping at the customer’s discretion.

The drink menu: Patrons may also enjoy drinks from Bread Boat’s handcrafted lineup of Georgian wines, beers and lemonades.

• 3835 Richmond Ave., Houston

A guide to haunted houses and ghost tours throughout the Greater Houston area offers several spooky activities ahead of Halloween. The non-comprehensive list features eight haunted houses and four ghost tours:

• Creepy Hollow Haunted House in Rosharon, featuring multiple themed scary attractions and a Lights Out with Krampus scare.

• Haunted Drive in Cleveland, a drive-thru haunted house with optional hay rides and a haunted maze.

• Houston Terror Dome Haunted House in Channelview, offering themed haunted houses, paintball, escape rooms, a pumpkin patch and axe throwing.

• Purgatory Scream Park in Kingwood, featuring four attractions including Hysteria and Deadwood.

• Redrum Fear Park in Richmond, which offers a twisted circus, a haunted movie theater, a defunct asylum and laser tag.

• The Thirteenth Floor in Houston, geared for guests 13 and older.

• Voodoo Bayou Haunted Trail in New Caney, featuring PG-13 entertainment.

• Woods of Kaos in Cleveland, a 30,000-square-foot haunted house.

• Houston Ghost Tour, The Last Stop Ghost Tour, Lizzy Borden Ghost Tours and Old Town Spring/Tomball Ghost Walk, which all offer guided walking tours.

The Harris County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss several agreements during its business court meeting Oct. 29. Key items on the agenda include:

• Extensions to FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grants for the Meyergrove, East T.C. Jester and Halls Bayou Blue Bell detention basins, giving the Harris County Flood Control District more time to spend the money.

• Extensions to USDA agreements, including 92 additional days for Hurricane Beryl debris removal and 181 extra days to construct three stormwater detention basins and tributary improvements in the Armand Bayou, Greens Bayou and White Oak Bayou watersheds.

• A $533,444 agreement with the University of Houston to study floating vegetated islands at a stormwater detention basin for three years.

• An agreement with Galveston County for laboratory diagnostic vector-borne disease testing, allowing Galveston County Mosquito Control to outsource testing to Harris County.