TxDOT PROPOSED SOLUTIONS :

The Northwest Highway Improvement Program consists of enhancement of Northwest Highway between Inwood Road and Hillcrest Road. The attached slides shows the proposed solutions by TxDOT with design renderings.

Changes Along Northwest Highway Might Include:

• A “Road Diet”: Roadway lanes reconfiguration with the elimination of median. It also considers the reduction of the number of travel lanes to allow room for pedestrian and non-car modes of travel.
• Bus Rapid Transit: designated lanes for buses and consolidated bus stops.
• Elevated Lanes:  would require additional right-of-way and include lanes that are elevated above the existing roadway. The elevated lanes in this concept would be lanes that pass through the area and would not have access to businesses and homes in the corridor. The surface level lanes would have access to land uses adjacent to Northwest Highway.
• Operational Improvements: Operational improvements could improve traffic flow for cars, provide better connectivity for bikes and pedestrians, and resolve existing drainage issues.
• An Underground Tunnel: A tunnel concept would take travel lanes below the existing roadway and travelers would pass directly from one end of the tunnel to the other without the option of exiting.
• Greater Walkability
• ​​No Build: The no-build means no changes are made to the corridor for cars or other modes of travel and issues identified would continue.

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