The Texas Department of Transportation and NTE Mobility Partners are in the final year of a $1.6 billion I-35W project that started in 2013 north of downtown Fort Worth, but continued work has led to different traffic patterns. CAUTION AHEAD
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PROJECT HISTORY Work to widen 18 miles along I-35W has been more than 10 years in the making. April 2012: loan approved for Segment 3A Sept. 2012: contract awarded for Segment 3B April 2013: Segment 3B construction starts May 2014: Segment 3A construction starts Dec. 2016: Segment 3B construction completed July 2018: Segment 3A construction completed Feb. 2019: Private bonds secured for Segment 3C July 2020: Segment 3C construction starts
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SEGMENT 3C Length: 6.7 miles Cost: $950 million Timeline: Summer 2020-late 2023
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adding two TEXpress Lanes—which are tolled lanes—in each direction. Besides reconfiguring existing lanes and adding new lanes, TxDOT’s goal is to also transform the I-35W corridor into a “smart corridor.” By using active traffic management technology, smart corridors allow transportation and law enforcement officials to better detect and respond to incidents in a timely manner, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation website. “This new segment of completely modernized roadway will improve regional capacity, safety and reliable mobility for travelers while reducing congestion and carbon emissions for the region and the state,” said Thierry Deau, chair and CEO of Meridiam,
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with the Texas Department of Trans- portation. “Based upon projections from the North Central Texas Coun- cil of Governments, traffic in this segment is expected to increase to approximately 187,000 vehicles per day by 2045.” To relieve the potential congestion that doubling the traffic counts might create, TxDOT officials worked with the U.S. Department of Transporta- tion Federal Highway Administration and the group funding the project to create the Interstate 35W Improve- ment Project. The project spans 18 miles from I-30 to Eagle Parkway and will double traffic capacity by reconstructing existing lanes and
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SEGMENT 3B Length: 3.6 miles Cost: $256 million Timeline: Completed December 2016
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SEGMENT 3A Length: 6.5 miles Cost: $1.4 billion Timeline: Completed July 2018
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