Posted on 01/31/2019 10:45:51 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS - Every day on her drive home from work, Kali Roberts is taken aback by the angry pile of motorists who converge on westbound Loop 820 in North Richland Hills.
Traffic coming from Texas 121/183 “Airport Freeway” must squeeze from four to two lanes, between Boulevard 26 and Rufe Snow Drive, causing gridlock that persists not only during rush hour periods but most of the day.
Meanwhile, as drivers on the nearby TEXPress lanes whiz by at 75 mph, motorists in the toll-free lanes crawl at about 10 mph and cut each other off, including many who drive illegally on an unusually wide shoulder.
“... I’m still experiencing the inconsiderate drivers taking the shoulder before Holiday Lane in the westbound lanes of 820,” Roberts said in a recent email to Honkin’ Mad, the Star-Telegram’s online feature in which North Texans are invited to submit traffic questions. “It really does need a third lane to help with congestion.”
It’s a problem the Texas Department of Transportation may not be able to fix until 2030, because of an unusual contract with a toll road partnership of companies.
In 2009, the Texas Department of Transportation inked a contract with North Tarrant Express Mobility Partners, a group of companies that includes Spain-based Cintra, Luxembourg-based Meridiam Infrastructure and the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund. Those companies brought most of the money needed to expand Loop 820 and Texas 121/183, in exchange for the right to collect tolls on the TEXPress lanes for 52 years to repay themselves and make a profit.
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PING.
Boo Fricken Hoo.
The Metroplex has The Best roads in Texas.
Drive Houston, Austin and/or San Antonio for a week or so and you’ll Thank God to be back in the DFW area.
Arlington has the worst roads in Texas thanks to Jerry Jones.
Really?
Is that only on game day? Traffic is heavy?
Or is it the poor (rough road) condition of said roads? Cause I’ll grant you that some (not all) of Arlington roads are worn out.
Love Fort Worth but glad we don’t live on that side of town and have alternate routes to the airport.
Arlington has the worst roads in Texas thanks to Jerry Jones.
What 10 days out of the year? On Sundays?
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