Traffic connector has been completed

Traffic relief is now at hand for 180,000 motorists per day thanks to the completion and opening of the Dallas-Fort Worth Connector. The Texas Department of Transportation, joined by local partners and state/federal officials, marked the occasion with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and signing of a project banner originally displayed when construction of the $1.1 billion DFW Connector project began in early 2010.
TxDOT and project partner NorthGate Constructors completed the design-build project nine months ahead of the original completion date. The project, TxDOT’s first public-private partnership to open to traffic in North Texas, doubles the capacity of the existing highway from 12 to 24 lanes. It also will ultimately add TEXpress managed lanes in the area where multiple state roadways converge north of DFW International Airport.
“Using a design build concept and financing tools provided by the legislature enabled us to complete the DFW Connector 11 years sooner and save more than $400 million versus traditional methods,” said Phil Wilson, TxDOT executive director. “That is a huge deal for the 180,000 motorists who rely on this corridor to get to and from work. It means less time sitting in traffic and more quality time with their families.”

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