AUGUST 2006


NTTA and TxDOT reach agreement on future toll roads This month the NTTA Board of Directors convened a Special Called Meeting to vote on an agreement between the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) aimed at establishing a process for building future toll roads in the region. The Board approved the TxDOT/NTTA Regional Protocol unanimously. The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) will vote on the agreement at its next regular meeting on Thursday, August 24th. The NTTA and TxDOT have been working together on this agreement over the last several weeks. Under the new agreement, the NTTA will operate all toll road projects in North Texas for at least the first five years, regardless of who builds the road, while agreeing not to pursue SH 121 in Collin and Denton Counties, and SH 161 in Dallas County as NTTA projects. Read more


NTTA.ORG is designed with customers in mind North Texas Tollway Authority has introduced a redesigned Web site that features faster, more intuitive navigation and updated graphics. The new Web presence has features that toll road customers told the NTTA they considered important in the Authority’s first-ever marketing survey among both TollTag and cash customers. On the new Web site, www.ntta.org , visitors can readily identify and enter the pages that will serve their needs. Read more		Big improvements on the Dallas North Tollway Traffic is flowing smoothly through the south end of the Dallas North Tollway now that motorists are more accustomed to the reduction of lanes. The two lanes in each direction (plus adjacent cash lanes in each direction at the Wycliff plaza) will be available through the next 18 months or so while needed roadway construction continues in that area. Read more


NTTA rolling into a city near you Next time your friends take you through the cash lanes on the tollway, you can remind them that your TollTag lets you use the express lanes and how easy it is to get their TollTag. As part of our World Class Customer Service the NTTA gives you convenient opportunities to sign up for a TollTag via the Tag Wagon. Read more		Resurfacing is underway on Tollway and Turnpike In coming weeks, the North Texas Tollway Authority will apply new surfaces to parts of the President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) and the Dallas North Tollway (DNT). Work will require lane closures, but all procedures will be done between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. to ensure that the impact on traffic is minimal. Both projects will be completed by mid-October. Read more


New State Highway 121 now open in Denton County The first segments of the new State Highway (SH) 121 toll road in Denton County opened July 6, and tolling begins September 1. The road has been built by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and is North Texas’ first all-electronic toll road. With no toll booths or coin baskets, stopping or slowing down to pay tolls is not required. When tolling begins in September, there will be two ways to pay: with an electronic toll tag or license plate recognition billed by mail. Read more


NTTA Roadways		NTTA Projects
Addison Airport Toll Tunnel Dallas North Tollway Mountain Creek Lake Bridge The President George Bush Turnpike		The Dallas North Tollway Extension: Phase 3 (SH 121 to US 380) The Dallas North Tollway Extension: Phase 4 (US 380 to Collin/Grayson County Line) Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge (LLTB) The President George Bush Turnpike: Eastern Extension Southwest Parkway (SH 121 from IH 30 to Altamesa Blvd.) Trinity Parkway