{"id":359551,"date":"2026-07-03T04:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359551\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:31:49","slug":"construction-to-begin-on-road-project-in-southwest-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359551\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction to begin on road project in southwest Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A $48.8 million road construction project in southwest Fort Worth will break ground this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The McCart Avenue and McPherson Boulevard project will expand sections of those roads, and construct a new road that will ultimately link several southwest Fort Worth neighborhoods. The project was approved as part of the 2014 bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McCart Avenue from Risinger Road to McPherson Boulevard will be constructed as a four lane road with a divider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McCart Avenue from McPherson Boulevard to Twin Leaf Drive will be constructed as a two-lane undivided road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McPherson Boulevard from West Cleburne Road to McCart Avenue will be constructed as a four-lane road with a divider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roundabouts will also be constructed at the intersections of McCart Avenue and McPherson Boulevard, and McCart Avenue and North Crowley-Cleburne Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth city staff gave residents an update in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AHCBlRNP_oQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:online meeting;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;online meeting&quot;}\" class=\"link \">online meeting<\/a> on June 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During that meeting, construction project managers said that the project would be completed in phases, but they were not ready to publicly release a complete schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The complete project budget, city staff said in that meeting, is $48.8 million. Construction is expected to reach \u201csubstantial completion\u201d by July 2028, Fort Worth project manager Abby Tucker said during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Learn more about the project at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/projects\/cfw-mccart-avenue-mcpherson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:fortworthtexas.gov\/projects\/cfw-mccart-avenue-mcpherson;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;fortworthtexas.gov\/projects\/cfw-mccart-avenue-mcpherson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">fortworthtexas.gov\/projects\/cfw-mccart-avenue-mcpherson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A $48.8 million road construction project in southwest Fort Worth will break ground this month. 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