Fort Worth is closing roads for construction. Will your area be impacted?
Fort Worth city council members voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to shut down streets across the city for construction.
Here’s what to know:
- The city will close off a sliver of Ramey Avenue jutting off the eastern edge of Loop 820 until June 24, 2025. South-Point Constructors, the contractor partnership spearheading the multi-billion dollar Southeast Connector Project, requested the closure “for the installation of storm drainage, civil construction, and street paving improvements,” according to a city project summary.
- McCarthy Building Companies wants to cordon off the stretch of West Will Rogers Road connecting West Lancaster Avenue to Camp Bowie Boulevard until July 4, 2025 to move forward with “water, sewer, paving and street light improvements.” McCarthy’s crews began the $13.1 million overhaul of Camp Bowie in late February. The revamp, approved by city hall last November, promises new sidewalks, repaved concrete, street lighting enhancements, and other improvements.
- Construction crews will shut down a chunk of Grand Avenue connected to North Main Street until the end of May to finish storm drain installation. City council members had voted last August to close the segment between November 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025, but “inclement weather and unforeseen challenges” delayed the project, according to the city.
- The city will cordon off a section of West Bewick Street connecting South Jennings Avenue and May Street for another month to finish repaving the strip. City leaders had expected workers to finish the job between February and May, but “additional requirements by the railroad and additional scope of a new storm sewer line” derailed the timeline. The road is now scheduled to reopen June 13, 2025.
- The contractor repaving a stretch of West Cleburne Crowley Road just west of Dove Haven Drive asked city leaders to extend the road’s closure until July 2, 2025. City council had voted in January to close the segment for construction until early May. The city blamed the two month delay on “some rescheduling, [and] several days of inclement weather over the past few months.”
- The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction. Fort Worth plans to spend $22 million revamping a mile-long stretch of Ray White linking Mirage Drive and the bridge traversing Bear Creek. Workers will widen the segment to four lanes, stitch sidewalks onto both sides of the street, and install a traffic signal at the intersection of Wall Price Keller and Ray White, among other improvements. The city plans to finish the overhaul by the summer of 2027, according to the project webpage.
Jaime Moore-Carrillo
Fort Worth Star-Telegram