PILLAR: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: October 28, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
PRIORITY: Transportation
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a Public Pedestrian Overpass Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) for construction and project management work to be performed by UPRR in conjunction with the City of Dallas for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the new Joppa Community Pedestrian Bridge over UPRR’s tracks at the Dallas Yard Rail Line, located adjacent to Linfield Road in the Joppa community, within UPRR’s right-of-way - Estimated amount $523,326.00 - Financing: Transportation Special Projects Fund
*In alignment with Vision Zero Plan.
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BACKGROUND
Union Pacific Railroad’s (UPRR) Dallas Yard Rail Line, located adjacent to Linfield Road in the Joppa community, remains an active multi-use rail facility with increasing operational demands that require the permanent closure of the existing at-grade railroad crossing. Following extensive coordination and community engagement among UPRR, the City of Dallas, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), and the Joppa community since 2015, the community agreed to support the crossing closure in exchange for construction of an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant pedestrian bridge parallel to the existing vehicular bridge, improvements to the Carbondale Road ramping arrangements at Loop 12 (Great Trinity Forest Way), and landscape beautification along Carbondale Street.
In 2021, the City Council authorized Advance Funding Agreements accepting approximately $4.87 million in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds through TxDOT to advance these improvements, as well as an agreement with UPRR for its contribution of $1,000,000.00 toward construction of the new pedestrian bridge.
On April 13, 2022, the City Council authoriz...
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