{"id":480138,"date":"2026-10-29T07:18:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480138\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T07:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:18:51","slug":"a-key-piece-of-fort-worths-panther-island-will-break-ground-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480138\/","title":{"rendered":"A key piece of Fort Worth\u2019s Panther Island will break ground in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After more than two decades, a key piece of Fort Worth&#8217;s Panther Island is expected to break ground in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A groundbreaking will be held for Panther Island&#8217;s 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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Panther Island&#8217;s four canals \u2014 three on the northern island, and one on the southern island, according to <a data-ylk=\"slk:Tarrant Regional Water District planning documents from 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pantherisland.com\/assets\/documents\/251016_RFQ%20Final%20Draft_Updated.pdf\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant Regional Water District planning documents from 2025<\/a> \u2014 will be flanked by &#8220;paseo&#8221; paths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The canals will act as stormwater infrastructure for the island while promoting recreational activity, according to that document.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A construction contract was awarded in late September for the northern portion of the <a data-ylk=\"slk:bypass channel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article317369077.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" 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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Construction is expected to begin on that bypass channel this winter or in early 2027 and wrap up in 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The canals and the first phase of Panther Island development can proceed independently of the bypass channel, according to that TRWD document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than two decades, a key piece of Fort Worth&#8217;s Panther Island is expected to break ground&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-480138","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\/480138","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=480138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}