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Fort Worth connects to national and international markets through four major interstate highways – I-20, I-30, I-35 and I-45 – all of which have either recently been upgraded or are in the process of being expanded. The City is encircled by Loop 820 to provide easier navigation for residents and visitors to the city. Fort Worth roadways provide international access for relocating companies to all major Texas markets, the U.S. market, Canada and Mexico. It also offers one-day round-trip shipments to cities such as Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Oklahoma. Some of the future highlights of the roadways include:
- Interstate Highway 30 is projected long-term to include expansion from three lanes each direction to five lanes both ways. Additional long-term projections include a reversible high-occupancy vehicle lane in the median from west of Fielder to State Highway 161. The HOV lane would allow morning east bound travel towards Dallas and reverse to all afternoon westbound travel to Fort Worth.
- Interstate Highway 35 West long-term projections include expansion from four lanes both directions between Interstate Highway 820 and Fourth Street in Tarrant County. In addition, a reversible HOV lane may be added flowing southbound to downtown Fort Worth in the morning and northbound in the afternoon. I-35 is recognized as the “real” North America Free Trade highway since it is a major thoroughfare connecting the United States to both Canada and Mexico.
- The Trans-Texas Corridor, or the TTC-35, is part of a 4,000-mile network of high-speed toll roads to ease the state’s traffic congestion. The project is estimated to cost between $145-billion to $183.5-billion. TTC-35 sections could span as much as 1,200 feet wide to offer separate segments for passenger vehicles, freight trucks, a high-speed passenger rail, freight railways and a utility zone for transmission of water, oil, natural gas, electricity and broadband.
- The Texas 121 (Southwest Parkway) construction on the city’s southwest side will connect Johnson County from the south to the rest of the Metroplex’s transportation network. The Fort Worth City Council approved a special tax increment finance zone, which should produce up to $116 million in funds for the project.
 Transportation Impact Fees video (2:35 mins : 17.5 MB)
Lee Nicol of Harris, Nicol & Welborn Development Partners & Kenneth Davis of Jacobs Carter Burgess
(Original presentation made at Fort Worth Chamber's Economic Development Council Meeting January 9, 2008)
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