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Project Update: Airport Freeway, I-820 and I-35W Townhall Meeting for State Representatives Stephanie Klick and Jonathan Stickland Monday, May 12.

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1 Project Update: Airport Freeway, I-820 and I-35W Townhall Meeting for State Representatives Stephanie Klick and Jonathan Stickland Monday, May 12

2  Rebuilding existing general purpose lanes  Improving/expanding frontage roads  Adding TEXpress lanes Project Overview

3 Improved mobility along the most congested corridors in Texas Road capacity nearly doubled  Reconstructed main lanes (free)  Expanded frontage roads  Four new managed toll lanes (two in each direction) Project Benefits Managed lane network to extend from North Dallas to downtown Fort Worth

4 2,100 workers along the corridor 160 companies 190+ DBE contract awards $1.299 billion spent on construction $1.5 million spent per day (avg.) Spurring new economic development throughout corridor Economic Impact New Outback Steakhouse in Hurst

5 Ordinary maintenance, cleaning and mowing Assistance to motorists in need Snow and ice removal Incident response Operations & Maintenance

6 PROGRESS Project is approximately 90% completed Roadway will open in late 2014 – six months ahead of schedule Opened new WB Grapevine Hwy. 26 on-ramp Re-opened EB Iron Horse on-ramp Re-opened WB Iron Horse off-ramp Re-opened EB off-ramp to Industrial Blvd. Final pavement placed along eastbound and westbound frontage roads Central Dr. to Murphy Dr./Westpark Way Segments 1 & 2 Airport Freeway & Loop 820 Beach Street Riverside Drive bridge

7 UPCOMING ACTIVITY Placing final layers of asphalt along main lanes and frontage roads NOTE: Traffic shifted to TEXpress lanes between Grapevine Hwy. 26 and Riverside Dr. in June Opening final configuration of Brown Trail Opening final configuration of Forest Ridge Dr. Opening new eastbound Brown Trail on-ramp Segments 1 & 2 Airport Freeway & Loop 820 Brown Trail SH 121/183 Split

8 FINAL CONFIGURATION This map can be found at www.NTETEXpress.com Segments 1 & 2 Airport Freeway & Loop 820

9 I-35W Today

10 PROGRESS Official groundbreaking: May 1 Right-of-way acquisition underway Pre-construction work started Geotechnical surveys being completed Start heavy construction in 3Q 2014; complete in 2018 Existing main lanes, frontage roads, interchanges, bridges, ramps and overpasses will be reconstructed New TEXpress Lanes added in both directions Segment 3B construction underway Segment 3A I-35W – Downtown Fort Worth to I-820 interchange (6.5 miles)

11 Project Website:www.NorthTarrantExpress.com Information Hotline:1-888-NTE-2015 Follow us on Twitter:@NTExpress Like us on Facebook:NorthTarrantExpress April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month; please do not text and drive! Questions?


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