| Goes West through some places where people work |
Businesses lost to
this road will include:
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Continues under the Hulen Street Bridge and over the railyard,
then Southward to Dirks Road (or FM 1187?), east of Bryant Irvin.
Click HERE for a fact sheet from NTTA & TxDOT (May, 2001).
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| This document is interesting because it slips the schedule a full year.
It also notes that the Tollway Authority has requested that Fort Worth city staff attend the Tollway meetings "to reaffirm the City Council's official position supporting the SH-121T project." |
| Cost
/ Benefit Analysis
Travel Times between End Points |
| Current travel time: 15 minutes. |
| Future travel time: 10 minutes |
| Cost: $271 million (current estimate)
(Note that is a $90 million increase in 18 months) |
| Cost per Saved Minute: over $55 million / minute |
What about the Tolls?
Tolls will pay for less
than 1/4 of the cost, and they will never be removed.
As a result of the Wilbur Smith Associates Traffic and Revenue Study (1997), The North Texas Tollway Authority will only pony up about $60 million for the highway.
That's because they don't expect very many people to drive on the thing,
so there won't be much revenue to pay off bonds.
In fact, the $60 million is probably the extra cost of making the road
limited access and a toll facility.
After the bonds are paid, the Tollway Authority will continue to collect tolls to fund OTHER TOLL ROADS!
How about the Traffic?
Congestion relief will
not be noticeable!
The same study predicted a 10% reduction in traffic on Hulen and Bryant
Irvin if the road were built.
That's because most of the traffic on those streets is LOCAL.
In other words, the vast majority of the traffic on those streets is
generated by folks who won't use the highway.
Later traffic models (2001) from the North Central Texas Council of
Governments confirm the minimal change in traffic.
The studies also predict that this superhighway will only see about
as much traffic as is currently on University Drive.
An arterial street along the route could handle the traffic, at much
lower cost and with much less impact.
What about Mass
Transit?
Building this highway will
make transit less feasible in Fort Worth.
To the extent that we continue to add highways we increase automobile dependency and increase reluctance to build and use mass transit. And besides, if Fort Worth puts over $60 million into this project, we won't have money for transit projects anywhere in the city.
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Original Posting 9/15/97
Last Update 12/21/01
