Read about some of the latest updates on road in Manvel. This list is not comprehensive.

Ongoing projects
Paving on Scopel Road
Project: This project will repave the remaining 2 miles of unimproved roadway on Scopel Road to improve road safety, road surface, transportation, and drainage.
Update: Scopel Road is anticipated to be completed by mid-March.

• Timeline: late-February to mid-March
• Cost: $555,000
• Funding source: February 2024 certificate of obligation issuance

• Timeline: completed Feb. 20
• Cost: $435,000
• Funding source: February 2024 certificate of obligation issuance

• Timeline: completed Sept. 18, 2025
• Cost: $702,700
• Funding source: February 2024 Certificate of Obligation Issuance

Southern Purl Fiber, a shop selling yarn and embroidery materials, will host its grand opening in Pearland on Feb. 28, owner Amanda Hill said.

The details: The shop will sell a variety of fiber and crafting materials from brands like Circulo, Juniper Moon, Queensland and LYKKE Crafts, Hill said.

Southern Purl Fiber will host crochet and knitting classes, workshops and knit-alongs, where guests can bring their own projects to work on together, throughout the year Hill said. 

The event: The grand opening event will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature snacks, a welcome gift with a purchase and a raffle door prize for blanket-making kits complete with yarns and patterns, Hill said.

• 1910 Country Place Parkway, Ste. 158, Pearland

A total of 137,395 in-person and mail-in ballots have been cast in Harris County, more than halfway through the 10-day early voting period ahead of the March 3 primary election.

In a nutshell: Early in-person voting runs from Feb. 17-27, and election day is March 3. 

In Harris County, voters can cast their ballot at any polling location during early voting and on election day. The county has 60 early voting locations.

In Texas, to vote in either a Democratic or Republican primary election, voters do not have to be registered to vote in that party, but must choose one party's election.

Quote of note: “Primary elections are the first step to November,” Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said via the release. “As we enter the midterm election season, I urge voters to educate themselves on the issues and candidates, and to make their voices heard early in the process.”

Some context: During the March 2024 primary election, 211,223 voters cast ballots during the entire early voting period, as previously reported by Community Impact.

Hundreds of volunteers will hit the streets Tuesday night across Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties to begin the annual Point-in-Time survey, which catalogues the number of individuals experiencing homelessness on a single night in the three counties.

How it works: The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and The Way Home have been conducting the annual survey since 2011. The survey provides a snapshot of sheltered and unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness year-over-year.

Volunteers will count sheltered individuals Feb. 23 as the official "night of record," according to a Feb. 20 news release. Meanwhile, the unsheltered portion of the count will take place over three days—Feb. 24-26.

Why it matters: The count is typically a part of a federal funding process for local homelessness response systems like The Way Home.

"The count helps identify service gaps, geographic shifts and emerging needs across the region and allows the community to track trends over time using a consistent methodology."