BY ADAM DOE
Bonnie Brae Street seventh phase
What they’re saying
Looking ahead
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Work in April will have construction crews installing sidewalks and developing road foundations near the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad tracks along Bonnie Brae Street as part of the project’s third phase, which is scheduled to complete in September. The sixth phase is expected to be finished in April 2027, with crews paving during the next seven months after completing underground work like installing drainage infrastructure and leveling the ground, Garcia said. The Texas Department of Transportation is managing the designs for the seventh phase and it approved the schematic in February. The environmental clearance, where officials ensure construction complies with environmental laws, is scheduled for October, TxDOT documents state. The phase will extend Bonnie Brae a quarter mile from US 77 and connect to Loop 288, according to TxDOT documents. Phases 4B and 5 have not yet received funding. Council documents show the 4B phase was
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“20,000-plus people in the football stadium with four lanes will be much quicker than the road that we were working off of the past 15 years.” CAMERON WILSON, UNT SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
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delayed in September 2023 after council decided to move $2.8 million from 4B to the third phase to meet higher-than-expected costs. Funding allocation to 4B is tentatively scheduled for the city’s 2028 budget, but there’s no guarantee it will receive funding at that time, Garcia said. The fifth phase is tentatively scheduled for the 2031 budget. “It can easily move back up with council priorities and decisions,” Garcia said. “It gets measured with all other city priorities for its general fund.”
“By connecting the north and south sides of our community, this project will fundamentally
improve how people move around the city.” CASSEY OGDEN, INTERIM CITY MANAGER
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