Transportation
BY CODY THORN
FM 1938/Davis Boulevard to see landscaping, raised medians
The city of Southlake is moving ahead with landscaping plans on FM 1938/Davis Boulevard after a timetable adjustment by the Texas Depart- ment of Transportation. According to city documents, TxDOT is cur- rently in design to construct raised medians on FM 1938 from FM 1709/Southlake Boulevard to the Southlake city limit through Keller city limits to Emerald Hills Way in North Richland Hills. The TxDOT project was scheduled for fiscal year 2025-26 and construction would have begun in FY 2026-27, according to Southlake documents. However, in March, Southlake officials learned the timetable had been pushed up and now approval of the TxDOT project is scheduled for November 2025 and construction could start in early 2026. No end date was listed by TxDOT. The city awarded an engineering service agreement with Kimley-Horn in an amount not to exceed $125,000 for professional services for
the development of construction documents and construction phases on June 18. A closer look TxDOT does not include any beautification elements in the project, such as landscaping. Southlake would be responsible for urban design improvements, which includes plants, decorative boulders and stones, irrigation and traffic control, as similar to those on Southlake Boulevard. The city estimates it will cost $900,000 to $1 million based on the linear-foot cost of landscape improvements on similar projects, and $12,000 per year for maintaining it. What’s happening? Funding for the project is scheduled for FY 2025-26. Southlake is using Capital Improvement Program residuals, which is money from com- pleted projects returned to the general fund, to pay for the Kimley-Horn contract.
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