Transportation
BY COLBY FARR
Council awards $3.5M Fairway Drive contract Work is expected to start later this summer on widening Fairway Drive in Grapevine to add an extra lane. Grapevine City Council members awarded a $3.51 million agreement to contracting company Jagoe during a March 4 meeting. Construction is expected to start June 2 and will close the road from SH 26 to Marina Drive for six months, according to a staff memo. Crews will widen Fairway Drive from two lanes to three lanes and add a new 10-foot wide shared use path from SH 26 to Marina Drive. Construction will also add a single-
What’s happening?
Since Fairway Drive will be closed to through tra c during construction, drivers will need to access Silver Lake Marina and Cowboys Golf Club from the north side of the facilities. The expansion project is funded by a mix of federal dollars and transportation development credits that are being used as a local match. The city received ve bids from di erent construction companies, with Jagoe submitting the lowest bid at about $3.05 million. The contract approved by Grapevine City Council during the March 4 meeting includes a contingency cost of about $457,621. The city is not expected to receive federal funding worth more than $3.85 million for the project.
Fairway Drive will be widened and will add a roundabout to Silverlake Marina and Cowboys Golf Club.
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lane roundabout at the entrance to Silver Lake Marina and Cowboys Golf Club, according to city documents.
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