ST9304-CS 890405 (2):~A Coppell Gazette, Wednesday, April 5, 1989
Belt Line road wmemng to begin in April Chamber
By MARY GoGLIUZZA
. ~ Leg/shture to pass measures t~
hance the state's comm/tmen
Staff Writer frontage and wants a left turn lane relocation. The recent rains have commiss/oners Court awarded Au- higher education and to promo
there when the tract develops, hampered the companies' ability to stin Paving the $5,834,500 contract
The county's roadway design calls
. Work should be under way by the
end of the month to widen Belt Line
Road from MacArthur Boulevard
east to Interstate 35E in Carrollton,
said project engineer Bud Beene.
t
- County Commissioner Jim Jack-
son said, "We're anxious to get
t~.ing. It's taken us a long time to get
s one going. Itel be super when it
gets done."
- Construction is expected to take
tiro years.
Dallas County has the needed
n~tOf way on all but one parcel and
that one they have received the
fight to enter so work can begin.
The one parcel in question is the
Trammell Crow property. The com-
0any ha~ plans to put a road through
the tract about halfway along the
Fire calls
Monde, Mm'ch 27
8:25 a.m. ~ Medical emergency in the 200
for the left turn lane to be between
the Trammell Crow property and
the J.B. Wood tract, since both re-
quested left turn lanes.
On Tuesday night, the city
approved an agreement calling for
the company to dedicate the right of
way to the county, and in exchange
· the city would agree, to the reloca-
tion of the left-turn lane Lq the future.
The relocation would be at Trammel
Crow Company,s expense, said dty
engineer Pat Canuteson.
Beene, of Dallas County Pubic
Works, said the matter does not
affect the project. "To me it is two
eparate issues," he said.
anuteson agreed.
Before the contractor can begin
work, both TU Electric and Lone
Star Gas Co. must do some util/ty
get heavy equipment in. to build a six-lane divided thorough-
TU Electric must finish moving fare.
the power line back past the new
fight-of-way line. Lone Star Gas hasThe project includes ra/sing the
to move a metering station, which isl grade an average of 4 to 5 feet to
now at Luna and Belt Line Roads, off.-' keep the thorOughfare out of the
the right of way and eastward by 100'year flood plain and recOnstruct.
about 400 feet. lng four bridges, which are aCrOss
. Beene said there is some storm
sewer Work which can be done at the
MacArthur Boulevard end without
affecting the work at the Interstate
35E end. A detour will have to'be
established between Hutton Drive
and Luna Road while work is done on
the railroad tracks just west of Hut-
ton Drive. Beene said the contractor
could keep the road closed until
work is complete on that entire sec-
tion from Hutton Drive to Luna
Road.
On March 6, the Dallas County'
Tuesday, March 28
Hutton Branch, the east relief chan-
nel, the Elm Fork of the Trinity Riv-
er and the west relief channel.
The dries of Carrollton ~nd Cop-
' pell are helping to the fund the work.
The cities' shares are for additional
9:07 a.m. -- False alarm call in the 700 block 8:18 a.m. _ Minor accident at Belt Line and
9:56 a.m. -- Motor veh/cle acddent at Belt
Line and I635. Transport to RHD Memorial,
3:52 p.m. --Medical emergency in the C~)O
Wednemlay, March 29
the power phflt.
Thursday, March 30
2:37 p.m. ~ Water Line Rro~-o. ;. *~^ o~,~
better educated and more coral
tive WOrkforce.
"Current state funding allocati
to institutions of higher educatio
Texas are still below those appro
ated for the 1985 biennium. Hig
education was affected m(
adversely by the state's econo~
slump than other state agenci
Yet, it is the institutions of higl
education upon which the st~
places its hopes for lear-'~hip
achieving economic reCc~r~r a
sustained future growth, the sta'
work requeSted over what the coun- ment reads. "Employers considt
ty had originally intended to do -- ing relocation of their business
_construct a four-lane thoroughfare, cite the availability of a we
Funding for a four-lane road is from ?du.cate. d wo. rldorce as ~a major fa
the county's 1985 bond program, for m their derisions."
Carrollton's share is $476,687 Early childhood education
while Coppell's share is about
.$200,000, said Beene.
of Sandy Lake.
Friday, March 31
7:22 a.m. ~ Water vacuum h the 800 block
of Woodmoor.
essential to intervention in the ed~
cational and developmental proce.,
that can reduce the steady increas
in the number of school dropeuL,
chamber officials said. They encore
age the ·continuation of pre
kindergarten and kindergarten prog
rams in accordance with HB 72 pub
lic education reforms. 'q~he chambe
strongly urges the .Legislature t(