Stockyards report to Fort Worth council includes $31M in transportation improvements

Published: Tue, 10/17/23

Stockyards report to Fort Worth council includes $31M in transportation improvements

5 million visitors have visited the Fort Worth Stockyards since 2017.
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Community Impact
By Mark Fadden
1:50 PM Oct 16, 2023 CDT

While the Fort Worth Stockyards were once filled with cattle, it seems that people—5 million to be precise—are causing the need for major transportation improvements in the historic Fort Worth area.

In a nutshell

Fort Worth City Council received a briefing at their Oct. 10 meeting from Raj Gupta, transportation and public works city traffic engineer, and Jeff Whitacre, Kimley-Horn vice president, who worked with Gupta on the study. Whitacre said that the Stockyards have seen tremendous growth in the past few years, with 5 million visitors having visited the Stockyards since 2017.

Quote of note

“With success comes challenges,” Whitacre said. “One of those challenges is transportation and parking.”

The context

Whitacre said that they looked at the challenges in the Stockyards using a comprehensive transportation assessment. The assessment included an analysis of the following items:

Traffic
Multimodal
Safety
Accessibility
Circulation

The details

The study identified 22 projects spread across 10 corridors and included 17 intersections. Some of the highlighted projects included:

Retrofitting North Main Street
Retrofitting West Exchange Avenue
Making Exchange Avenue a one-way street
Connecting the Stockyards to I-35W
Implementing a circulator bus or trolley in the historic district
Improving pedestrian safety at crossings

Whitacre said that the assessment also included recommendations based on short-, mid- and long-term timeframes, and the budget for each group was as follows:

Short-term projects: $2.09 million
Mid-term projects: $12.83 million
Long-term projects: $16.23 million

The Oct. 10 presentation was for informational purposes only. No action was taken, and council will vote on the proposed recommendations at a future council meeting.

By Mark Fadden - Mark joined Community Impact in November 2022 after spending almost 20 years as a freelance writer. He covers education for Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Keller ISD and Northwest ISD. When he's not writing, he enjoys the outdoors, making his wife laugh and trying to keep up with his two teenage sons in the gym.

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