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One of the major routes from Coppell to Lewisville and points north is Denton Tap
Road. The thoroughfare, which is under construction, should be six lanes by the
year 2000.
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Transportation projects will make, trafljtd smoother
By TOMMY j. WEST
in traffic, he said
Arlin t sews editor
And Griffin is app"chi ug the project
When it comes. to transportation needs
with a watchfuleye.
and infrastructure. Coppell is in pretty good
It will be a big challenge to m' depart -
shape. as well as in a pretty good location.
meat to matte auro . we have ask traffic
The city is surrounded roughly, by
through the wivn,' be acid.
Interstate 35 East to the east, Interstate 635
Sandy Lake pW Beltl ne are two-lane
to the south, State Highway 121 to the west
asphalt roadways the pro* will upgrade
and the future SH 121 Bypass to the north.
them to four-1sne, divided ooptrete ahceta
These major thoroughfares put the. aty
Both roads trq,bttiag upgraded Ewa.
9:&rthur
only minutes from Dallas. Fort Worth and
Denton Tap Road an the west to
Arlington - and the tip to Dalkv}Fort Worth
Boulevard on the aril *ti . n
In Airport is evm gwuk r. .
The Sandy Jajp scheduled ior§
Fur ahalfdtrutensueetprojeeb"
t mikslong the.
under wa to begin soon will tttakestretdt
to about a half mite longer'•
drring ° the city a little smoother,
be tnse : a d tea mnre.Nrt"Ca
and safer. E
The Beldine work will cost about $6 mil -
But sotnejnoWriata and resitiema prnlftr
: $on. Griffin said.'Itis a Dallas County pro
buy will frmvn a little before they beglo W
ject. with the stoney Doming lrotn a 1990
smil t least that's the prediction of Ken
The ry will kick in about $300,000 for '
Griffin, director of engineering and public
. a
special features. it
works for the city.
"We have some amenities we like ,to
Two projects that will be going on at the
have,' Griffin said. "We have brick pavers at
same Hine, expansions of Study lake sad
all our intetsecdons. And we have to pay for
Beliline roads, are expected W create some
the traffic lights. We have some special mast
serious headaches for motorists, Griffin
arm (for the traffic lights) that we like. We
said, because both roadways are major east-
started using them several years ago.
west routes through the city.
They re just a little dif*=L'
The city is scheduled to award a contract
The Sandy lake project is expected to
for the projects in August or September, and
cost about $10 million, because it involves
both should take about two years to coat
major water improvements. Money for the
plete, Griffin said.
project comes from a 1991 city bond elec-
That's a lot of time for bumpeMoobumper
tion.
sweating and honking and cursing.
"Were going to build a big water line
"Everyone is getting concerned about
down Sandy lake; Griffin saki.
how we're going to move traffic east and
we as am I," Griffin said. "Well keep both
The project also 1pvolves construction of
a 2-million-gallon water tower, for which ?''?
streets open (during construction), but
work began about a month ago. The tower
there'll be a lot of delays."
is expected to be to use by June. The city
Many motorists who want to avoid the
already has a 154nillioagallon tower.
construction areas are expected to seek
The water lice will rue from two major ,
alternate routes, namely Parkway
ground storage tanks to the new tower on
Boulevard and Bethel School Road.
the west side of Coppell.
Of Parkway, Griffin said: "It's wide
"that will provide_ us more volume and
enough to carry the traffic, but there are a
pressure on the wet side of town," Griffin
lot of horses on Parkway. It has more of a
said. "They treed the additional volume and
residential street feet."
pressure over there. We have strong pres-
Bethel School Road is about the same, he
sure on the east side."
for
said.
"It has a lot of homes fronting on it and it
The city recently awarded a contract a
third project, the widening of Denton Tap l
really feels like a residential street along
Road in the north part of the city to six lanes
some sections.*
from Andy Brown Park West on the south to
Residents along those two routes "are not
the SH 121 Bypass. .
very happy" about the anticipated increase
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Create � a Sunday. ,Tradition
Our tradiaorutl Sunday Brunch features savory .
shrimp and smoked seafood, made -to -order
omelettes, carving station, I tantalizing desserts
and champagne. Enjoy our casually elegant
,re and the sounds of a classical harpist
while creating a Sunday tradition
of your own.
anmrnas :,wnHOri,Y, I,Z
nwt m. r
/ rfll■t a' � L Y
;'RkL'i I;,ll T I
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$ 21. 9 5
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1590 LBJ Freeway, Dallas TX 75234
9721869 -4300
Prices shown do not include sales tax or gratuity.
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One of the major routes from Coppell to Lewisville and points north is Denton Tap
Road. The thoroughfare, which is under construction, should be six lanes by the
year 2000.
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Poed and MwArthur Boulevartf in the east-
Roads .
ern Part of am *. The S"'OW project,
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to pl will add a third south.
bound lone to MwArtw, which now has
I- The $3.1 Union P40a lmll>ree a11oM
Wm lines in each Otclion.
feet of the nst$Waohdt roadway, aaa
$400.000 Is defficaled
�� 110011 traffic backs up a ruffle
.
Min th=e97dem of==,
@o, Griffin said.
or The Denton lap, Wrangler and
b1dog and
MwArthur prt>kds are being finameed by
The project kxkxlft a oDOCrNte under-
of obligation.
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the north part of the city
get
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are due for completion to a couple of
n"ft Griffin said. .
Bag without getting on Denton 7V Road,"
One project kwolves the extension of SH
Griffin sald
121 Bypass frontage roads from Denton Tap
A .4. project already
wed back to SH 121.
Dr =w%16,e
upgrading of Wrath ne
The other pniect involves the widening of
Road on the east to Freeport Parkway on the
Denton lanes to a sh4ane
West.
divided =*= the SH 121 bypass
(Denton Tap Road turns, into Beftfine
north to where it enters Lewisville Both
Road in the southern part of Coppeff; at that
cities are working on the project.
point Beftline also turns sat, so that it is
11W project 9 created a horseshoe
both a north-south and eastwest th�
de that tour to too many
fare in the city.)
rnotorlats•
The $1.8-Trullim Wrangler Drive project is
The 1rustraft thing about the horseshoe
really important to the city, Griffin said,
detour is that Denton Tap motorists during
because Wrangler — pastCoppell Middle
rush boor - in the morning, for instance - can
School WesL a lot acjm ,
'We have Of ,, , snit tam
see bunver-to-
see not =
e said.
mercial traffic in the area "Ile
b for blocks direct -
r two or three
ly In front of them. but they also have a nice,
Wrangler will
=
ststlonarfvit* of the traffic as it turns right
asphalt roadway to
and crawls for two or three blocks and an
crete street and it will be extended to con-
even better view of the cars, trucks, buses.
nett with Freeport- currently It dead ends at
b ac kh oes, an d w as they turn right
school.
'Right now we have an salitaft road with
again and head back toward DentonTap two
or three blocks down the road - just beyond
10% Of potholed," GrIffin said. 'We're going
the dosed construction
to puff that up and put in a concrete street.'
There should be plenty of arniles, when
The extension to Freeport, he said "wffl
this project is cmwkted.
give us two ways In and me ways out 4 the
ate."
Another project is expected to alleviate
Contact assistant news edkor Tommy 1. V%st at
(972) 4W3SOK tat. 103, or by e-rnal at
traffic jams at the intersection of Bel the
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