Texas Department of Transportation
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a “hybrid trench option” for Interstate 345 last year, with the condition that city staff explore grant funding to pay for it and design alternatives to make sure the trench was the best option. However, the council was told Wednesday that the project will cost about $600 million more…
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The Dallas City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to support the Texas Department of Transportation’s $1 billion refined hybrid trench option for reconstructing Interstate 345 with several caveats, including a mandate that alternatives be explored. TxDOT has refused to consider an alternative to the refined hybrid trench, and the state highway department holds the purse strings…
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Dallas City Council members resumed a debate Wednesday over whether to support Texas Department of Transportation’s “hybrid trench” recommendation for Interstate 345. TxDOT engineer Ceason Clemens tried to make it easy for them. Clemens reiterated throughout the two-plus-hour briefing that the highway department is committed to the hybrid option, won’t fund an alternative, and delays…
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City leaders, Texas Department of Transportation officials, and Dallas residents continued talks this week on the future of Interstate 345. What to do with the elevated freeway that cuts through Deep Ellum and downtown Dallas has been hailed as one of the most important transportation decisions in Dallas’ recent history. However, some Dallas City Council…
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Traffic on Interstate 345 is expected to increase to 206,000 vehicles per day in the next two decades, prompting Dallas residents and public officials to gather earlier this week for a discussion on proposed future options. Interstate 345 is a 1.4-mile elevated, six-lane structure built in 1973. It connects North and South Dallas between Interstate…
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