From
Steve Plumer, Sr. Park Project Manager
Title
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with TXDOT for CentrePort Phase II Veloweb Trail from the termination of the Fort Worth Trail near CentrePort to Mike Lewis Park near Roy Orr Blvd
Presenter
Duane Strawn, Director of Parks, Arts and Recreation
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City of Grand Prairie is participating in the development of the Veloweb Trail System in DFW that will pass through portions of Grand Prairie. The creation and development of the Veloweb Trail System is supported by the mayors of Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, and Irving. Upon completion, the trail system will provide a continuous trail system from Dallas to Fort Worth. The segments of trail that are in Grand Prairie are identified below:
· Lone Star Trail, 3.8 miles; this trail connects Grand Prairie trial to the City of Irving’s Campion Trail (Completed 2009)
· Lone Star Trail Extension (Wildlife Commerce Trail), 1.7 miles TIFF funded connecting Lone Star Trail at Beltline to Wildlife Parkway at Hard Rock (In progress)
· Wildlife Parkway Roadway Improvements, .06 miles connecting Lone Star Trail Extension (Wildlife Commerce Trail) to existing Good Link Trail and funded through the Road Improvements Project (In Design)
· The Good Link Trail was funded through federal highway administration funds as mitigation for State Hwy 161. The trail connects CP Waggoner to Mike Lewis Park (Completed 2008)
· The CentrePort Phase II will extend from Mike Lewis Park to the Fort Worth city limits near CentrePort approximately 1.4 miles.
In April of 2018, an Interlocal Agreement was executed between the City of Fort Worth and Grand Prairie for Veloweb Trail design (CentrePort Trail Phase II) (90%). NCTCOG submitted the construction phases of the Grand Prairie and Fort Worth trail segments to the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) which approved funding in late 20...
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