Fort Worth will spend $47.2 million on road improvements aimed at easing traffic congestion in the city’s far north.
City Council members approved the funds for work near Avondale Haslet Road in late November, advancing a $74.5 million project that aims to accommodate the area’s fast growth.
Improvements will affect just over 2.5 miles of the road between Willow Creek Drive and John Day Road as well as small portions of some streets intersecting with Avondale Haslet Road.
Council member Alan Blaylock, who represents the area, said the improvements are “long overdue.”
The improvements will expand the road’s two lanes into four with a divided median, as well as add sidewalks and three traffic signals. Water improvements are folded into the construction plans, with officials adding a 3,500-foot water main and drainage improvements.
Construction is expected to start in February, said Lara Ingram, public information officer for Fort Worth’s Transportation and Public Works Department.
Blaylock said the city is working with other entities — including the Texas Department of Transportation, Tarrant County and the city of Haslet — to ensure progress along the entire 6-mile corridor between Highway 287 and School House Road.
“As the councilman for District 10, my focus has been on advancing the city of Fort Worth’s segment of the project, making it and other infrastructure improvements a top priority,” Blaylock said.
The funds approved on Nov. 21 will come from the city’s 2018 and 2022 bond programs as well as from the 2021 Tarrant County bond.
The project is one of multiple in far north Fort Worth necessitated by rapid development in the once sprawling ranchland.
The area’s main roads, such as Avondale Haslet and Bonds Ranch, have a reputation for frequent and dense traffic congestion, officials and residents have said. For many of the area’s thousands of residents, the two-lane roads are the only connection from their subdivisions to nearby highways.
Road maintenance and expansion have repeatedly come up as priorities of City Council members as they plan out the city’s budgets and upcoming bonds.
They’ve floated a potential monthly street maintenance fee on residents to make up for an estimated $59 million shortfall for annual street maintenance. The 2026 bond proposal, which voters will weigh in May, currently allocates about 61% of its $840 million to road improvements.
Drew Shaw is a government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at drew.shaw@fortworthreport.org or @shawlings601.
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