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Motorists drive past a TEXPress lanes sign advertising tolls for $6.15 for a 5.7-mile trip.<\/p>\n
Gordon Dickson<\/p>\n
A highway revamp that could reduce drivers\u2019 travel time to the DFW airport<\/a> may be completed ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n The more than $400 million project along the Northeast Loop 820\/Airport Freeway corridor will add a general purpose lane going each direction on Northeast Loop 820 stretching from Riverside Drive to Boulevard 26, according to a presentation from TEXpress. It also adds a toll lane going each way along Texas 121\/183, spanning Bedford Euless Road to Industrial Boulevard.<\/p>\n The project\u2019s official completion date is early 2027,<\/a> but Pablo Ferrando, the CEO at LBJ, NTE and NTE-35W Express Lanes, is hopeful it could be done this year before Thanksgiving, he said in a Friday interview with the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we see out there is that the construction company is accelerating, and we do believe that they are going to finish this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Ferrando cautioned that the early completion time isn\u2019t a guarantee.<\/p>\n \u201cIt all depends on the weather and availability of different vendors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Construction on the project began in 2023. It is paid for using toll fare from drivers, said spokesperson Robert Hinkle.<\/p>\n This story was originally published July 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM.<\/p>\n Eleanor Dearman<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She\u2019s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.
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