STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: February 14, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments to amend Ordinance No. 20860, "City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan" to remove (1) Harwood Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; and (2) Harwood Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Al Lipscomb Way; 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
Forest Forward requested an amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan to remove Harwood Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the Thoroughfare Plan. This section of Harwood Street is on the Thoroughfare Plan as a community collector in existing right-of-way. Currently, Harwood Street does not connect to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard due to the Texas Department of Transportation's modification of Interstate Highway (IH) 45 and South-Central Expressway/S.M. Wright Freeway. The developer is requesting the removal of Harwood Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the Thoroughfare Plan to facilitate the redevelopment of the Forest Theater and foster the revitalization of the area around the theater.
The City of Dallas Department of Transportation staff has requested to extend the limits of this Harwood Street amendment from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Al Lipscomb Way. This section of Harwood Street is on the Thoroughfare Plan as a minor arterial in an existing right-of-way. Harwood Street south of Al Lipscomb Way is no longer a through street serving moderate length trips, carrying significant through traffic volume, or collecting and distributing traffic between local road and arteria...
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