DFW Connector – Making Dallas Travel Enjoyable?!
February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
DFW Connector
Making Dallas Travel Enjoyable?!
So the time has finally come for us commuters to see the start of the new DFW Connector to be built; even if the completion date is not until 2014 we can still be excited, right?!
The DFW Connector project will cost more than $1 billion and will be completed in several phases. The Connector will make wider lanes and bridges, and add toll lanes on some stretches of the highway. The hope is that it will reduce the headache of commuters who travel the highway exchange of State highways 114 and 121 (stretching through the corridor of Southlake, Grapevine and the north edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport) – introducing an expansion of up to 24 lanes of fast(er) moving traffic in some areas of the connector, which can only be seen as a positive addition for all in the area.
Here’s a short video that was made late last month about the DFW Connector and how it is set to bring great relief to us all.
Touted with receiving more stimulus funding than any other highway project in the country, the DFW Connector funding is provided by $667 million in state highway money, $250 million from the federal recovery act and $107 million in bond funding from Proposition 14.
An official start date that NorthGate Contractors J.V. will begin construction on the project is set for February 15, 2010; proposals began for this project back in December 2006.
The Grapevine Convention Center will be holding an Open House for the DFW Connector Project, on February 17th, 2010, starting at 4:00 p.m., with a presentation at 6:30 p.m. and ending by 8:00 p.m. Here you will have the opportunity to learn about the project in detail and ask questions to those that know the project best.
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