Transportation
BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH & CODY THORN
TxDOT shifts traffic patterns along SH 121, I-635 split in Grapevine Six months after altering traffic patterns on northbound SH 121 near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, The Texas Department of Transportation made more changes after increased traffic accidents. Zooming in Work on SH 121 from SH 114 to Bass Pro Drive started April 12 and completed April 13, TxDOT spokesperson Val Lopez said. “This work adds safety enhancements and also increases capacity by adding a lane on SH 121 northbound at I-635,” a release from TxDot stated. “This will include restriping and additional advance signage.” Accidents increased near the split, with 89 occurring between October and April 14 and just 22
Cheek-Sparger Road designs to cost $2.5M Preliminary designs are underway for Cheek-Sparger Road after Colleyville City Council approved a $843,000 contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates on April 1. The details The final designs are expected to cost $2.5 million and be done by 2028. Con- struction should also start in 2028 and cost $35 million, city officials said. The project includes widening the two lanes and adding curbs, medians, turn lanes and drainage.
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occurring in all of 2023, records from the Grape- vine Police Department showed. The backstory The northbound SH 121 lanes changed to two lanes in each direction Oct. 13 for safety reasons, a TxDOT release stated. A buffer zone was expanded at the split with gore marking poles, which funneled three northbound lanes to two. “Signage was installed to help guide motorists in advance of the merge,” Lopez said in October.
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