City Of Fort Worth: Sixty Schools To Receive School Zone Improvements In 2021

Dallas TX

13 August, 2021

4:57 PM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: August 13, 2021 Fort Worth continues to improve routes to schools for students across the area. Over the last year, a variety of projects were completed that ranged from sidewalks and crosswalks to signage improvements and pavement markings that provide better access to 61 schools in the Fort Worth area. In November 2019, the City Council adopted a resolution supporting development of a Vision Zero strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries. To support this effort, the Transportation and Public Works Department initiated a School Zone/Sign Maintenance Program in 2020 to ensure that safety for the most vulnerable roadway users is enhanced, especially as they walk to and from school. More than 75 campuses (primarily elementary schools) in the City of Fort Worth received updated signs, refreshed pavement markings and preventative maintenance on flashing beacons in 2020. Approximately 60 schools will receive school zone improvements in 2021. The School Zone/Sign Maintenance Program focuses on improving visibility of the pedestrians and ensuring signs, pavement markings and flashing beacons comply with Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards. Schools receiving improvements in 2021: Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center Ann Brock Elementary Boswell High Carter Park Elementary Charles Baxter Junior High Charles Nash Elementary Clifford Davis Elementary/O.D. Wyatt Como Elementary/Como Montessori Creekview Middle D. McRae Elementary DeZavala Elementary Dozier Elementary Dunbar High/Jacquet Middle (formerly Dunbar Middle), Maudrie Walton Eagle Ridge Elementary Edward J. Briscoe Elementary Elkins Elementary Fossil Hill Middle School Fossil Ridge High/Heritage Elementary Friendship Elementary George Clark Elementary H.V. Helbing Elementary Hollenstein Career and Technology Center Hubbard Heights Elementary J. Lyndal Hughes Elementary J.C. Thompson Elementary J.P. Elder Middle/Manuel Jara John M. Tidwell Middle John T. White Elementary JT Stevens Kay Granger Elementary Kirkpatrick Elementary/Kirkpatrick Middle Leadership Academy at Forest Oak Middle Leadership Academy at Mitchell Boulevard Lily B. Clayton Elementary Lizzie Curtis Elementary Marine Creek Elementary Marine Creek Middle Maude I. Logan Elementary McLean Sixth Grade/McLean Middle School/Saint Andrew Catholic Meadowcreek Elementary North Crowley High/North Crowley Ninth Grade North Elementary Oaklawn Elementary Oakmont Elementary Parkwood Hill Intermediate/Hillwood Middle/Park Glen/Basswood Paschal High River Trails Elementary S.S. Dillow Elementary Sagamore Hill Elementary Sam Rosen Elementary Seminar Hills Elementary SH Crowley Elementary Sonny and Allegra Nance Elementary Trinity Basin Prepatory-Pafford Truett Wilson Midle W.C. Stripling Middle Walsh Elementary Washington Heights Elementary Westcreek Elementary     Photo: Crosswalk markings have been refreshed at a number of school campuses.     Get articles like this in your inbox. Subscribe to City News.   This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author's own.