Denton | March 2026

Bonnie Brae project hits halfway mark From the cover

Phase 1 • $12M budget • 2017-2020

Phase 4B • Tentatively expects to receive funding in 2028

By the numbers

The overview

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Several funding sources are nancing the proj- ect, including North Texas Tollway Authority toll revenue, city of Denton bonds, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and funds from the 2008 and 2022 Transportation Road Improvement Program bond packages, Garcia said. He said the costs for later phases were much higher than the rst two phases after the COVID-19 pandemic. The rst two phases were each $12 mil- lion, and the third phase cost roughly $40 million. The sixth phase will cost $38 million. “We saw signicant markups on materials and lead times. Construction also continued to rapidly grow in DFW, which raised prices,” Garcia said.

Phase 2 • $12M budget • Dec. 2019-March 2021

Phase 5 • Tentatively expects to receive funding in 2031

The third and sixth phases of the Bonnie Brae Street updates are currently under construction. The third phase stretches from Roselawn Drive to I-35E and passes by the University of North Texas’ athletics center and DATCU Stadium, UNT’s football stadium. Cameron Wilson, UNT’s senior associate athletic director, said the center’s main entrance o of Bonnie Brae was closed for several months for construction. Crews worked on the northbound lanes from January 2025 to mid-July 2025 and reopened Bonnie Brae Street before the school’s rst football game, city ocials said. The school opened an internal road to the public and for sta to get to work during the time Bonnie Brae was completely closed by the stadium. Wilson said city sta and the construction company working on Bonnie Brae, Sundt, worked with the school to halt road work and avoid closures during athletic events. “They’ve been good about working with UNT Athletics and our schedule of events to minimize or eliminate conicts,” Wilson said. Bonnie Brae is now open by the stadium with one northbound and one southbound lane while crews continue work, Wilson said.

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Phase 3 • $40M budget • Oct. 2023-Sept. 2026

Phase 6 • $38M budget • Jan. 2025-April 2027

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Phase 4A: roundabout • $3.4M budget • Completed Sept. 2020

Phase 7 • The state is managing this phase

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Bonnie Brae funding sources

BRONCO WAY

NCTCOG toll road revenue: $46M

RINEY RD.

Denton 2019 bond: $27M

BONNIE BRAE ST.

Federal Highway Administration: $11.1M

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Denton 2014 bond: $6.1M

SCRIPTURE ST.

2022 TRIP bond: $6M

W. UNIVERSITY DR.

2008 TRIP bond: $5M Denton 2012 bond: $3.4M Denton maintenance and operations funds: $800K

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DATCU Stadium alternative routes

Bonnie Brae Street budget by phase

Closed entrance to DATCU Stadium Temporary entrance to DATCU Stadium

ROSELAWN DR.

35W

35E

Phase 4B: $22M Phase 5: $18.8M Phase 3: $40M Phase 6: $38M

Phase 1: $12M Phase 4A: $3.4M Phase 2: $12M

DATCU Stadium

$146.2M total*

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SOURCE: CITY OF DENTON/COMMUNITY IMPACT *NOTE: THE PROJECT’S CURRENT BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SEVENTH PHASE.

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SOURCES: CITY OF DENTON, TXDOTCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Zooming in

… In my neighborhood in the last two years, there have been a lot of apartments and houses newly built.” Yardley Elm, a 316-unit apartment complex near King’s Ridge and Bonnie Brae, opened in Decem- ber 2024, a company representative said. Perch Denton, a rental home community just south of King’s Ridge, completed construction in April 2024.

and from his house. “The only thing is the inconvenient [added] time, which would be just a minute or two, not more than that,” he said. Uthra said he hears construction noise through- out the day, but believes the project is justied due to the city’s growth. “I think once the project is completed, it is going to be amazing. Right now, it takes a lot of time to use Bonnie Brae because it gets congested,” Uthra said. “The population has increased recently here.

The sixth phase covers Bonnie Brae Street from West University Drive to US 77 and passes by Denton High School’s entrance. The added lanes will alleviate trac during peak hours near the high school, and the phase will include a trac light at Riney Road and Bronco Way to better direct trac, Garcia said. Ankur Uthra, a resident of the King’s Ridge neighborhood o Bonnie Brae where the sixth phase of the project is taking place, said construc- tion has not added too much to the commute to

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