ST8601-CS 901102Construction
Update On
MacArthur Blvd.
Construction of the road and bridge over Denton
Creek is nmv underway on the 1,600 foot extension
of MaeArthur Boulevard south of the Vista Ridge
Business Park in Lewisville, Tex~s. Lomas Realty
USA in conjunction with the Denton County Road
Utility District awarded the contract for construction
in July and clearing of the land for the roadway
began immediateb~
MacArthur Boulevard runs through Vista Ridge,
Lomas Realty's 1,000-acre multi-use facilit% in
Lowisville. The 1,600 foot extension, beginning at
the southern border of the business park and
spanning Denton Creek, will make this six-lane
thoroughfare a key arterial allowing easy access from
Vista Ridge Mall in the north all the way to Grand
Prairie in the south. The cost of the project is
estimated at 81.5 million.
According to ~Ibm Trainer, vice president of
Lomas Realty USA, "We call this part of MaeArthur
the 'missing link' because it's the only section
uecessflry to connect the communities to the south
directly to Vista Ridge and Lewisville. Completion is
crucial for everyone in the areaY
Since the axvard of the contract, construction
crews have already completed the slope protection
on the banks of Denton Creek aud have nearly
completed the process of raising the grade for the
roadway for the bridge. Motorists will be able to
drive on the MaeArthur Boulevard extension in
approximately six months. The ribbon-cutting
ceremony is slated for March and will be attended
by officials from surrounding communities.
to see th~ suburbs to the south "opened up?' Traffic
experts predict 25,000 cars per day will use the
roadway by 1994.
"The influx of traffic from the suburbs in the
D/FW Airport area naturally will stimulate activity
and economic growthS' said Tannez "The completion
of MacArthur Boulevard is a strategic ingredient in
the overall transportation plan for Vista Ridge and
the surrounding area!'
This overall transportation plan will be further
enhanced in April of 1991 when contractors break
ground on the interchange of the State Highway 121
By-Pass and Interstate 35.
Texas Urban
Forestry Award
1990
Vista Ridge Tree Farm
Residents of Coppell, Valley Ranch, Las Colinas
and north Irving will see immediate benefit from
the MaeArthur extension. The multi-lane thorough-
fare will be a more direct and less congested route
for drivers to the Vista Ridge Business Park and the
Vista Ridge Mall. The extension is estimated to cut
approximately 15 minutes off the time it takes to
drive from Valley Ranch to Vista Ridge Mall.
Local businesses also stand to profit from the
extension of the roadway. Merchants from Vista
Ridge Malt and surrounding retail chains are eager
Conservation and recycling have become a way
of life for our generation and it is the responsibility
of the business community as well as individuals to
help protect our environment for our children.
Recently, the Texas Forestry Service and the Texas
Urban Forestry Council recognized a bomas Realty
USA project for tree conservation at the Vista Ridge
Tree Farm in be~visville
Carter and Burgess, Inc., the engineering firm
that designed the Vista Ridge Tree Farm and the
entire Vista Ridge project, accepted the 1990 Texas
Urban Forestry Award from the Texas Forestry
Service and the Texas Urban Forestry Council at
their annual conference. This was the only award
given for design work and the first such award
received by Carter and Burgess.
"Although this award is given for the design of
the project, we wanted to thank Lomas Realty for
going the extra mile," said Larry O'Flinn of Carter &
Burgess. "They could very easily have let the dollar
be the driving force, but they instead insisted....ul:kon
the preservation of
area?' ... ~. ~'~&'~l~~--~COUNCIL
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