STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: June 25, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments to amend Ordinance No. 20860, "Thoroughfare Plan - City of Dallas, Texas" to remove (1) Forest Lane between Reeder Road and Harry Hines Boulevard; and (2) Forest Lane between Harry Hines Boulevard and Josey Lane; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize an ordinance implementing the change - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas Department of Transportation and Public Works has requested amendments to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan to remove (1) Forest Lane between Reeder Road and Harry Hines Boulevard; and (2) Forest Lane between Harry Hines Boulevard and Josey Lane. The section of Forest Lane between Reeder Road and Harry Hines Boulevard is on the Thoroughfare Plan as a community collector with the designation of a four-lane undivided roadway in 60 feet of right-of-way and 44 feet of pavement (S-4-U). The section of Forest Lane between Harry Hines Boulevard and Josey Lane is on the Thoroughfare Plan as a principal arterial with the designation of a four-lane undivided roadway in 60 feet of right-of-way and 44 feet of pavement (S-4-U). The proposal is to remove these segments of Forest Lane from the Thoroughfare Plan.
In 2015, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) completed a project on the Interstate Highway (IH) 635 corridor between IH-35E and US 75 known as the "LBJ Express/IH-635 Managed Lanes" project. This project impacted the operations of Forest Lane between Harry Hines Boulevard and Josey Lane. For multiple segments of this roadway, Forest Lane now operates as a one-way roadway instead of a two-way roadway. It also functions similarly to a frontage road as a result of the project improvements.
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