Transportation
BY GABBY BAILEY & JACOB VAUGHN
Mt. Gilead Road design
MARSHALL RIDGE PKWY.
$13.8M 60%
total project cost project completion
MT. GILEAD RD.
377
TIMBERLAND BLVD.
Fort Worth
Keller
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Mt. Gilead Road project design in Keller more than halfway finished
through the city’s general fund and roadway impact fees. What else? Concerns were raised about traffic volumes, where drainage would go and maintaining the area’s neighborhood, Liñán said. As a result, the scope of the project was reduced. Liñán added the drainage will be put underground. What’s next? Once the project is 90-95% complete, city officials will host another meeting for residents. Any changes at that point will be difficult and expensive to make, Liñán said. He said the design could be done by end of 2025. Freeway/Hwy. 820 interchange, Holiday Lane has been repaved and the deck pour has been added at Rufe Snow Drive. The expansion began at the end of 2023 to add a free general purpose lane in each direction along the North Loop of I-820. A toll-managed lane in each direc- tion along Airport Freeway will be added to alleviate traffic. The project will cost $414 million and is funded by toll revenues collected from NTE TEXpress Lanes. It should be finished in 2027.
The design of the Mt. Gilead Road Project is 60% complete, with community impact spurring several changes, said Alonzo Liñán, Keller’s public works direc- tor, during an informal meeting Dec. 9. The details The road project runs from US 377 to Bourland Road and aims to alleviate traffic congestion. Based on community input, the four-lane road was changed to a three-lane undivided roadway with a roundabout at Bourland Road, Liñán said. The total project cost is $13.8 million, with the first phase costing $9.3 million, per previous Community Impact reporting. The project will be funded The North Tarrant Express highway expansion is now 25% finished, according to a Dec. 11 news release from TEXpress. The details The release states 22 beams were placed at the Airport North Tarrant expressway now 25% complete
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