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End of the road in sight for $1 billion Grapevine DFW connector project
GRAPEVINE — Nearly four years of orange-barrel headaches will soon end in Grapevine’s Texas 114/121 corridor.
Work on the DFW Connector project, a $1 billion-plus makeover of Grapevine-area highways (near DFW International Airport), is nine to 10 months ahead of schedule, a spokeswoman said. Most of the detours and narrow lanes could be gone by August or September.
“We are 90 percent complete, and we are looking at substantial completion in the August or September time frame,” said Alyssa Tenorio, spokeswoman for NorthGate Constructors, the main contractor.
In the latest sign of progress, crews moved the westbound Texas 114 lanes into their permanent traffic pattern over the weekend. With this change, both directions of Texas 114 between Texan Trail and Freeport Parkway (the green segment in the map) are in their permanent place.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/06/17/4944961/end-of-road-in-sight-for-1-billion.html#storylink=cpy
[font color=green]I'm very familiar with the area and have friends that travel through the area daily so I'm certain that they will be relieved that the project is nearly completed. I added information to the original graphics to provide further detail.
