Texas Department of Transportation

Dallas City Council Transportation Committee Backs TxDOT’s Interstate 345 ‘Hybrid Option’ in 5-2 Vote

By April Towery / May 16, 2023 /

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…

Dallas City Council Set to Vote on Interstate 345 Resolution Later This Month

By April Towery / May 11, 2023 /

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…

AIA Dallas Experts Weigh in On I-345 as Dallas City Council Calls For Independent Study

By April Towery / April 25, 2023 /

A Wednesday briefing on the Dallas City Council’s 2023 transportation priorities was canceled due to a network outage, but mobility hasn’t slowed on plans for an independent study on Interstate 345.  Experts with the American Institute of Architects Dallas entered the conversation last week, critiquing Texas Department of Transportation’s hybrid design, which they say is…

TxDOT Meetings May 24 And 26 To Address I-345 Feasibility Study; Virtual Option Available

By April Towery / May 17, 2022 /

A final series of public meetings kicks off May 24 to allow the public a last chance to weigh in on Texas Department of Transportation’s Interstate-345 Feasibility Study. The study is guiding TxDOT officials as they develop a project to better move traffic around the 1.4-mile roadway on the east side of downtown Dallas adjacent…

Prosper Residents Turn Out To Protest U.S. 380 Expansion

By April Towery / April 1, 2022 /

Prosper residents were loud and clear Thursday night as they expressed their opposition to a highway expansion that could cut through their small town and negatively impact home values.  “We strongly, strongly, strongly believe that such a bypass in the heart of our town would represent a multi-generational path of destruction through our community,” said…