TxDOT HOLDS VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING ON 290/36 INTERCHANGE

KWHI November 20, 2020

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The Texas Department of Transportation presented a video yesterday with 5 proposed concepts for the redesign of the State Highway 36 – US 290 interchange. The redesign hopes to alive congestion on the current cloverleaf design, especially during high traffic periods. TxDOT originally presented three designs in March of 2019, and has now revised one of those concepts and proposed 2 others.

Concept A is a diverging diamond design that would require the least amount of right of way, but would require signal lights on Highway 290.

Concept B (revised) would place new lanes for Highway 290 just south of the current interchange. This concept achieved the highest score on the TxDOT matrix.

Concept C is the split Northern Connection would separate the east and westbound lanes of Highway 290 and place them above and below the current buildings around Westwood Lane.

Concept D or Northern Connection would move both lanes of Highway 290 north of the buildings on Westwood Lane.

Concept E or Southern Connection would move both lanes of Highway 290 to the south. This concept would likely require the greatest amount of right of way acquisition.

The TxDOT video will be available until December 4th, and the public has until then to comment on the 5 concepts. Due to COVID, the public is encouraged to comment online either by using the comment form on the TxDOT website or by emailing steve.higgins@txdot.gov.

TxDOT anticipates that public hearings will take place on the project in 2021 through 2023 with right of way acquisition taking place in 2024 and 2025. Construction is expected to begin in 2026.

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