Keller - Roanoke - Northeast Fort Worth - September 2022

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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF SEPT. 9. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT KRNNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. “We’re asking all Texans to be safe and smart, and that starts with obey- ing trac laws,” TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams said in a Sept. 6 news release. About one in ve trac deaths in Texas in 2021 involved a pedestrian or a bicyclist, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The agency’s “Be Safe, Drive Smart” cam- paign encourages people to follow the rules of the road and help end the streak of daily trac deaths. 20% of 4,490 fatalities on Texas roadways in 2021 involved a bicyclist or a pedestrian. Roanoke Road pavement improve- ments New asphalt was laid on Roanoke Road from SH 170 to just north of Oak Trail. The project began July 22, and roadwork was completed in mid-Au- gust. The guardrail work on the bridge was completed during the last week of August. The pavement project was done near the Charles Schwab corpo- rate oce, located at 2050 Roanoke Road, Westlake. Timeline: July 22-Aug. 23 Cost: proposed budget $1.16 million* Funding: town of Westlake community improvement fund; Tarrant County *THE FINAL COST WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL PEARSON ROAD WORK, WHICH COSTS IS CONNECTED TO THIS PROJECT, IS COMPLETED. NUMBER TO KNOW

Roadwork is already underway on Hwy. 114 near Roanoke, and under a 10-year, $85 billion state-wide project, more work will happen in upcoming years. CODY THORNCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

Hwy. 114 in Roanoke to expand lanes to I35W

The Texas Department of Transpor- tation unveiled a 10-year, $85 billion statewide roadway construction plan that will include projects in Roanoke. The unied transportation program is aimed at addressing congestion, involves what are deemed to be the state’s highest priority transportation projects, according to a news release. Two projects in the plan include Hwy. 114 Business expansion and connecting it to US 377. According to Tony Hartzel, the TxDOT Dallas district public informa- tion ocer, the rst project for a new location of a freeway is tentatively rural connectivity and general upkeep of highways. The plan

range of work being done sometime between 2027 and 2032. US 377 is already under construc- tion with widening and addition of lanes that starts at Henrietta Creek Road in Roanoke and continues through Flower Mound and ends in Argyle. Another TxDOT project involves intersection improvements at Hwy. 114/US 377, which is expanding US 377 from two lanes to three lanes and adding left-turn lanes at Crockett, Main and Denton streets. Hartzel said that the $32 million Hwy. 144/US 377 project started a year ago and was 54% complete as of Sept. 2.

scheduled for 2025—though work on that project could begin sooner or later. The more than $26 million project has an estimated timeline of 2023-26. Middle lanes will be added from Hwy. 114 Business, west of US 377, which will create actual frontage roads instead of the frontage roads being used for highway driving. The second part, widening the free- way from east of I-35W to Hwy. 114 Business, will cost nearly $65 million. There will be six lanes constructed in the middle of the frontage roads with three lanes in each direction. This project is tentatively scheduled to start in 2028, with an estimated

Road work planned in the Alliance area of Fort Worth

Multiple areas are set for work in Fort Worth at an estimated cost of $33 million as part of the Texas Depart- ment of Transportation’s statewide roadway construction plan. These projects are expected to get started from 2023 to 2026. All of the work involves Harmon Road with dierent highways

connecting to it or near it, according to Bethany Kurtz, TxDOT Fort Worth district information ocer. A bridge over Hwy. 287 will be built on North Tarrant Parkway, with a turnaround on the east side. The bridge has an estimated cost of $14.4 million, documents show. It will grant access to Harmon Road as well.

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KELLER ROANOKE NORTHEAST FORT WORTH EDITION • SEPTEMBER 2022