{"id":479739,"date":"2026-10-28T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:28:07","slug":"key-piece-of-fort-worths-panther-island-set-to-break-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/479739\/","title":{"rendered":"Key piece of Fort Worth\u2019s Panther Island set to break ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than two decades, a key piece of Fort Worth\u2019s Panther Island is expected to break ground in November.<\/p>\n<p>A groundbreaking will be held for Panther Island\u2019s canals and three-acre park, located at the former home of the Coyote Drive-In movie theater, on Nov. 30, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The pavilion that used to be a place for Coyote moviegoers to have dinner, play video games and watch the sunset before the main attraction will remain and become a part of the park.<\/p>\n<p>Panther Island\u2019s four canals \u2014 three on the northern island, and one on the southern island, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherisland.com\/assets\/documents\/251016_RFQ%20Final%20Draft_Updated.pdf\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant Regional Water District planning documents from 2025<\/a> \u2014 will be flanked by \u201cpaseo\u201d paths.<\/p>\n<p>The canals will act as stormwater infrastructure for the island while promoting recreational activity, according to that document.<\/p>\n<p>A construction contract was awarded in late September for the northern portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article317369077.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bypass channel<\/a>, the other portion of what is often called collectively Panther Island (but they are two distinct projects).<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin on that bypass channel this winter or in early 2027 and wrap up in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The canals and the first phase of Panther Island development can proceed independently of the bypass channel, according to that TRWD document.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/312659437\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793226487_130_STAFF_Emily Holshouser.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Emily Holshouser\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/312659437\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Holshouser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Emily Holshouser is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than two decades, a key piece of Fort Worth\u2019s Panther Island is expected to break ground&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-479739","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\/479739","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=479739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}