TR9302-CS 951024
October 24, 1995
Mr. Michael Morris, P.E.
Director of Transportation
North Central Texas Council of Governments
P.O. Box 5888
Arlington, TX 76005-5888
RE: 1995 Transportation Improvement Program
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program
Dear Mr. Morris:
The City of Coppell has been working with Dallas County and Parsons Brinckerhoff on an interlocal
agreement regarding certain transportation improvements within the City of Coppell. Dallas County
originally had submitted nine signal improvements; six along Denton Tap Road and three along Sandy
Lake Road as part of the T.I.P. On July 1, 1994, R.T.C. approved by administrative amendment the
City of Coppell's request to amend the 1994 T.I.P. Program for NCTCOG Project Code 3096- Sandy
Lake Road Corridor Improvements, funded through CMAQ. The estimated construction cost was
$443,000 in federal funds. The amendment reallocated money from the nine signal improvements
submitted by Dallas County to the Sandy Lake/Moore Road intersection for intersection signal
improvements. Through discussions with Parsons Brinckerhoff in finalizing the Interlocal Agreement
with the County, the nine signal improvement projects were still listed in the latest Dallas County Bond
Program with the original funding amounts listed for each intersection even though R.T.C. approved
the reallocation of the funding to Sandy Lake/Moore Road.
Because of the tremendous increase in population in our City as well as the area surrounding Coppell,
the Denton Tap corridor and Sandy Lake corridor requires a resynchronization of the signals along
both arterials to efficiently move traffic through our City.
In order to fund the resynchronization of the original nine signals that Dallas County had submitted for
signal improvements, the City respectfully requests that the Council of Governments and the Texas
Department of Transportation approve a reallocation of $142,560 from project #3096.000 to the nine
intersections with $110,560 of the reallocated monies staying at the Sandy Lake Road / Moore Road
intersection for construction of the intersection, signal and drainage improvements and the remainder of
the funding ($32,000) divided equally into the other eight intersections. Dallas County is willing to
fund the 20% of the cost of the nine signal improvement projects. I have enclosed a copy of the ILA
attachment B Draft to better clarify the funding reallocation request. If the City can provide any
additional information please feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Atul Patel, E.I.T.
Graduate Engineer
Enc: ILA Draft Attachment B
cc: Ken Griffin, Asst. City Manager/City Engineer
Bud Beene, Director of Public Works Dallas County
Tony Trammel, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Charles Tucker, TxDOT