STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: August 13, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a contract with Billingsley D&D, Inc. for the donation of privately funded design plans for the construction of a zero to four lane roadway identified as Copenhagen Avenue, which will include detailed design plans covering a segment of Copenhagen Avenue from East Belt Line Road to south of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit right-of-way in the City of Dallas and full schematic design plans covering Copenhagen Avenue from East Belt Line Road to Olympus Boulevard - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information for potential future costs)
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BACKGROUND
On September 12, 2024, the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) of the North Central Texas Council of Governments approved the allocation of federal funding to construct a segment of the new four-lane roadway identified as Copenhagen Avenue extending from East Belt Line Road to south of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) right-of-way in the City of Dallas ("Project").
On January 22, 2025, the City Council authorized the Notice of Intent to establish Quiet Zones along DART's Silver Line corridor encompassing 11 railroad crossings, which included a crossing at the future Copenhagen Avenue in the Cypress Waters Development by Resolution No. 25-0208. The City Council subsequently authorized the Notice of Establishment for the same Quiet Zones on April 23, 2025, by Resolution No. 25-0641.
The future Copenhagen Avenue will cross the DART Silver Line rail line leading into the Cypress Waters Station and will support the establishment of the Quiet Zones in this area.
As approved by the RTC, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will provide the City with $1,176,000.00 in federal funding for construction of the ...
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