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A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE METROPORT S H 114
PARTNERSHIP S REQUEST TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO EXPEDITE STATE HIGHWAY 114
IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, S H 114 is a roadway of regional significance that
provides a major travel corridor through the Metroplex area; and,
WHEREAS, the reconstruction of S H 114 from Dove Road to BS
114-L is included in the North Central Texas Council of
Government s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Fiscal
year 2000 funding, and the North Central Texas Council of
Government s Mobility 2010 20-year long-range plan and Regional
Thoroughfare Plan Update includes S H 114 as an improved freeway
facility through the City of Southlake; and,
WHEREAS, on April 8, 1993 the Regional Transportation Council
(the Transportation Policy Body for the North Central Texas Council
of Governments) endorsed extending the Dallas-Fort Worth urban area
as part of identifying the Dallas-Fort Worth allocation of the
National Highway System program, and included in the extension of
the Urban Area and inclusion in the National System program is S H
114 near Kirkwood Boulevard to TH-35W; and,
WHEREAS, the surrounding area has experienced significant
growth in development due to continuing activities in the Alliance
Airport area in the City of Fort Worth, such as the Texas Motor
Speedway at S H 114 and IH-35W, which contribute to the already
existing high levels of traffic on S H 114; and,
CITY OF FORT WORTH
WHEREAS, as part of the S H 114 improvement program, there
has been significant local effort from area property owners and
local governmental entities, who have participated in the S H 114
freeway program by providing schematic preparation, environmental
document preparation, and a successful public involvement and
environmental approval process; and,
WHEREAS, cooperatively these public/private partnership
efforts have resulted in completed environmental studies, more than
$4 0 million of engineering plans, and $20 0 million dollars of
right-of-way; and,
WHEREAS, S H 114, through Roanoke, Southlake, Trophy Club,
and Westlake, has a number of signalized intersections, which, with
increasing traffic, contributes to further congestion and motorist
delay on the facility; and,
WHEREAS, the identified strategic interchange improvements on
S H 114 would alleviate congestion on the facility and allow for
the improved flow of traffic and increased safety of the traveling
public; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH
Section 1 That the City Council supports the efforts of the
Metroport S H 114 Partnership to encourage TxDOT to expedite
strategic improvements to S H 114 from Grapevine to IH-35W
CITY OF FORT WORTH
Section 2 That the City Council urges TxDOT to respond
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favorably to the Metroport S H
114 Partnership s request to
expedite the S H 114 improvements, including the access roads, the
Roanoke bypass, the interchange improvements at Kimball Road and
Dove Road in Southlake, acquiring the identified right-of-way for
the interchange projects, and beginning the acquisition process to
preserve the remaining S H 114 right-of-way corridor through the
City of 5outhlake
ADOPTED by the Fort Worth City Council on this ~~<~y.~ day of
1996
ATTEST
City Secretary
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