A preconstruction meeting hosted by the city of Fort Worth\u2019s Street and Transportation Improvements department on May 28 discussed the McCart Avenue and Westcreek Drive Capital Project<\/a>. The McCart Avenue and Westcreek Drive project is part of the 2022 bond<\/a> with a project value of $2.8 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n The project will add additional eastbound and westbound turn lanes by narrowing the existing median. Improvements will add a second left-hand turn lane to both the north- and south-bound directions of Westcreek Drive. In addition to the additional lanes, the project will include new traffic signals, pedestrian push buttons, street lighting, signage, striping and ADA-compliant curb ramps.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThese ramps \u2026 that you see at these corners \u2026 are not ADA compliant. And that\u2019s very important to the city,\u201d project manager Seth Cooksey said.<\/p>\n Civil engineer Peter Caravano of Baird, Hampton & Brown<\/a> explained there will not be any adjustments to existing water lines, but there will be some minor storm-drain and curb inlet adjustments.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c(The) overall scope of the project is bringing the intersection up to current standards for pedestrians, increasing the traffic capacity with the two left turn lanes from McCart onto Westcreek in both the north- and south-bound direction, and then adding pedestrian refuge in all of the little islands along with appropriate traffic signals, pedestrian push buttons, and then some minor repavement. \u2026 There will also be some additional street lighting,\u201d Caravano said.<\/p>\n The city\u2019s construction process for this project consists of notification, traffic control implementation, erosion control plan implementation, site clearing, subgrade placement and stabilization, pavement and sidewalk construction, traffic signal installation, landscaping\/sodding, traffic control removal, and then final clean up. Traffic control for this project will be a multiphase project that requires more than one traffic control plan and various lane closures for each phase. There won\u2019t be deviation from this plan unless there is written approval from the city. Phase 1 of this project consists of temporary signal and median paving and Phase 2 is ramp and sidewalk construction at each corner and a new traffic signal.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the first portion of the work, we\u2019ll have to make room to work on the addition of the new left-hand turn lane. So, during working hours, at least, we\u2019ll have to close the existing left-hand turn lane, and people will have to make left turns from the inner main lane,\u201d Dan McClendon, general contractor with McClendon Construction Co.<\/a>, said.<\/p>\n McClendon explained that this will be necessary as there will be a drop-off created when they excavate for the base layer. As the work progresses, the plan is to keep two lanes of traffic always flowing through the intersection with the work moving from inside (nearest the median) to outside (near the curbs and gutters).\u00a0<\/p>\n Work is slated to begin in July with a projected completion date of April 2027. Standard working hours will be between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday. If there is any work that occurs over a weekend, it would be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Project signs will go up approximately seven days before construction begins and everyone in the area should get door hangers on their homes and businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cooksey noted that unforeseen events like utility conflicts and weather can delay completion. Utility conflicts happen when \u201cwe find a utility that wasn\u2019t located before or can\u2019t be moved as rapidly as we hope,\u201d Cooksey said. He further explained that unusual amounts of rain could also delay the completion date, but most of the work for these projects occurs in the planning and design phases of the project, roughly two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n McCart Avenue & Westcreek Drive Intersection Project Meeting<\/p>\n Documenter: Patrick Banis<\/p>\n Date: May 28, 2026<\/p>\n Learn more about this project by clicking here<\/a>. To watch a video of the meeting, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n