City Of Fort Worth: Virtual And In-Person Hearings Set For Meandering Road Improvements

Dallas TX

10 February, 2022

4:59 PM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: February 10, 2022 TxDOT, the City of Fort Worth and the City of River Oaks are proposing to improve Meandering Road from State Hwy. 183 to Anahuac Avenue and LTjg Barnett Road from Meandering Road to the east side of West Fork Trinity River. A public hearing, with both in-person and virtual options, is planned: The in-person hearing will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at the River Oaks Events Center, 5300 Blackstone Drive in River Oaks. In-person attendees may review the same materials and presentation as the online public hearing. The virtual public hearing will be posted on the TxDOT website by Feb. 24 and will remain online through March 11. The in-person hearing will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at the River Oaks Events Center, 5300 Blackstone Drive in River Oaks. In-person attendees may review the same materials and presentation as the online public hearing. Road reconstruction on Meandering Road between Roberts Cut Off Road and LTjg Barnett Road would result in a reduction from four lanes to three lanes with the two outside lanes being 11 feet wide and the center lane being a 12-foot-wide continuous left-turn lane, and the addition of a 10-foot-wide shared-use path on the north side of the roadway and a 6-foot-wide sidewalk on the south side. On LTjg Barnett Road from Meandering Road to the east side of the West Fork Trinity River, the project would involve reconstructing the two 12-foot-wide lanes to 11-foot-wide lanes and adding a 5-foot-wide bike lane in each direction, a 6-foot-wide sidewalk on the north side of the roadway and a 10-foot-wide shared-use path on the south side. In addition, Brocks Lane would be converted into a dead end at the intersection with LTjg Barnett Road and Meandering Road. From the east side of the West Fork Trinity River to the East Gate of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, no construction is planned, only pavement restriping. A new traffic signal would be installed at the intersection of Meandering Road and Roberts Cut Off Road. Roundabouts are proposed at Meandering Road's intersections with Yale Road and LTjg Barnett Road. At the Yale roundabout, bicycle traffic would remain on-street within a typical 17- foot-wide lane and pedestrians would continue around on the six-foot-wide sidewalk. At the LTjg Barnett Road roundabout, a single 10-foot-wide shared-use path would accommodate both bicycles and pedestrians. A dead end would be created by the project at the eastern end of Brocks Lane (at LTjg Barnett Road). Drainage would remain curb-and-gutter throughout the length of the project. Approximately 1.1 acres of additional right of way, mostly consisting of land required at the proposed dead end and at corner clips at existing intersections, would be acquired from properties scattered along the proposed project. To learn more, contact the TxDOT Fort Worth District Office at 817-370-6772.   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.