{"id":407092,"date":"2026-08-15T05:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407092\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:16:20","slug":"texas-department-of-transportation-planning-to-widen-i-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407092\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Department of Transportation planning to widen I-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crash.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 30 in Fort Worth.\u00a0\" alt=\"The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 30 in Fort Worth.\u00a0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 30 in Fort Worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            Texas Department of Transportation<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 30 in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would widen the highway along a nearly nine-mile stretch, from West Loop 820 to Camp Bowie Boulevard. The construction through Benbrook, Fort Worth, Westover Hills and White Settlement.<\/p>\n<p>The project would add two lanes, bringing the highway to eight total. Frontage roads would be rebuilt, major interchanges upgraded and bike and pedestrian accommodations improved.<\/p>\n<p>According to TXDoT, the project would reduce congestion and help accommodate future demand.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a virtual public hearing for the expansion on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/projects\/hearings-meetings\/fort-worth\/2026\/i30-west-public-hearing.html\">TXDoT website<\/a> on from 10 a.m. to midnight Aug. 18, and an in-person hearing from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Education Service Center, 1451 S. Cherry Lane, White Settlement.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STAFF_Maven_Navarro.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Maven Navarro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maven Navarro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Maven Navarro is a local news reporter at the Star-Telegram. She covers Fort Worth and Tarrant County.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen Interstate 30 in Fort Worth.\u00a0 Texas Department of Transportation The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-407092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407092","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=407092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}