From
Linda Townley
Title
Interlocal Agreement with the City of Fort Worth for joint engineering design and cost estimation services of the “NorthWest” Trail Connection to CentrePort Station in the amount of $90,000 of City funds
Presenter
Rick Herold, Director of Parks, Arts and Recreation
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City of Grand Prairie has been a partner with other cities, through the North Texas Council of Goverments, in the development of the Regional VeloWeb trail system within the Trinity River corridor. The long range plan is to provide an inter-connected trail system for recreational and non-motorized access from Fort Worth through Dallas and extensions beyond to suburban communities. The Lone Star and Good Link trails are links to this regional trail in Grand Prairie.
For a number of years, the cities of Arlington, Fort Worth and Grand Prairie have studied potential trail alignments to link Arlington’s River Legacy trail system to Grand Prairie. The recommended alignment provides trail access from the east terminus of River Legacy Trail to Mike Lewis Park via the CentrePort Trail.
The City of Fort Worth has received a Texas Department of Transportation grant for design and development of their portion of the trail project. The City of Grand Prairie has the opportunity to partner with Fort Worth for preliminary design and specifications to a 60% level for the Grand Prairie portion of the trail project. The cost of Grand Prairie’s portion of the work is $90,000.
The preliminary design extends a multi-use trail from Mike Lewis Park to Trinity Blvd and then westward to the Fort Worth city boundary. Fort Worth will continue the trail design from that point to CentrePort Station and then westward to Arlington.
Financial Consideration
Funding for this portion of the project is included in the PARKS Capital Projects Fund (317193), Work Order# (01803601), Veloweb Trail Design.