Formed November 2005 (2005-11) Jurisdiction Montgomery County, Texas Headquarters Montgomery County Commissioners Court | ||
The Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA), formerly the Montgomery County Transportation Program (MCTP), operates the State Highway 242 (SH 242) Direct Connectors to Interstate 45 (I-45), with the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) collecting tolls for MCTRA. In future, MCTRA will also operate tolled mainline portions of SH 249 (Tomball Parkway). These 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, 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 of September 28, 2016; It is unclear if the Montgomery County Toll Road Authority will accept any other toll tags when EZ TAG becomes interoperable with the K-Tag system used in Kansas and the PikePass system used in Oklahoma, around the 3rd quarter of 2017.