{"id":341814,"date":"2026-06-18T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341814\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:35:07","slug":"fort-worths-master-transportation-plan-looks-at-roadway-needs-through-2034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341814\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth’s Master Transportation Plan looks at roadway needs through 2034"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFort Worth City Council unanimously adopted the Master Transportation Plan at the June 9 meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 314-page report looks at project lists for 2026, 2030, 2034 and long-term projects, according to city documents.<\/p>\n

Each council district held open houses in 2024 to help shape the transportation priorities and needs throughout the city, according to previous Community Impact reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The outlook<\/p>\n

The plan, developed by the city\u2019s Transportation & Public Works Department, will inform future transportation investments by prioritizing projects over a four-year, 10-year and 25-year window for development, funding, design and construction, according to a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The department will conduct a citywide speed study and advance the first four years of the Transportation Investment Cycle, which aligns with recently passed bond projects. In May, voters approved $511.48 million in streets and mobility infrastructure improvements, according to previous reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to a news release, the city staff will also pursue regional, state and federal funding partnerships for priority projects.<\/p>\n

The presentation shows that the city is expected to add 300,000 new residents over the next 25 years, eclipsing more than 1.3 million by 2050, a 38% increase from 2023.<\/p>\n

By 2045, Fort Worth will see a 36% increase in lane miles from the 2023 lane miles total of 4,706 miles.<\/p>\n

The presentation looked at various modes of transportation. Some notable numbers were:<\/p>\n

52% increase in average travel times by 203640.58% of freight trips on local roadways8,423 freight crashes with 2,228 injuries from 2019-23394 bike-related crashes with 1,564 pedestrian-related injuries from 2019-2367% of the city population falls outside of an existing transit areaZooming in<\/p>\n

Council Districts 4 and 10 have projects in 2026, 2030, 2034 and another on a long-term list that is ranked by priority.<\/p>\n

Westport Parkway, between High Mesa Road and SH 170, has nearly $15 million in city, federal and other funding. That project will construct a four-lane divided roadway with a single bridge over a creek.<\/p>\n

Another Westport Parkway project is a four-lane divided roadway between SH 170 and Park Vista Boulevard, with $8.6 million in funding.<\/p>\n

Heritage Trace Parkway has a four-lane divided roadway and a bridge over a BNSF railroad crossing planned. That project, with three different cross streets, has $31.7 million in funding.<\/p>\n

In March, the city applied for a $25 million grant for the bridge to help alleviate traffic issues when the trains are moving, according to previous reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Westport Parkway project has $92 million in funding slated for 2030, while the Heritage Trace Parkway work has over $223 million projected to be added to the fund.<\/p>\n

The largest project in 2034 is widening Old Denton Road\/Riverside Road from two lanes to four lanes between Westport Parkway and Sawtimber Trail. The estimated cost for that year is $23.4 million, according to the master transportation plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth City Council unanimously adopted the Master Transportation Plan at the June 9 meeting. The 314-page report…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[41231,46392,116,118,117,121899],"class_list":["post-341814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-council-district-10","tag-council-district-4","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-master-transportation-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}