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The Latest on Tarrant County’s Southwest Parkway
The NTTA and its partners, the city of Fort Worth and the Texas Department of Transportation-Fort Worth District are continuing their efforts towards a construction start later this year on the Southwest Parkway.
The proposed six-lane facility will connect the city of Fort Worth’s Central Business District at IH 30 initially south to Altamesa Boulevard in the southwest portion of Fort Worth. The 8.4 mile toll road project is currently under design. Planning is also continuing on another 19 mile addition to the corridor to U.S. 67 in the city of Cleburne in Johnson County.
The project has been under study since the 1960’s. The Southwest Parkway portion of the project came under NTTA oversight in 1998.
The Southwest Parkway is being designed as an all-electronic toll road and will feature reduced speeds to incorporate a “parkway feel” for customers using the facility.
Letting dates for the first project sections are scheduled for this summer.
Meanwhile, project partners are continuing to meet with Union Pacific Railroad to resolve outstanding issues. |