West Haven residents ask Coppell to add right-turn lane or safety measures at Wingate/121
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Summary
Four residents from West Haven and neighboring Eastlake told the council they have experienced near-misses and prior accidents at the Wingate–U.S. 121 area and asked the city and TxDOT to study adding a right-turn lane or other mitigations; no formal action was taken during the meeting.
Residents of West Haven and nearby Eastlake urged the Coppell City Council on June 10 to address safety problems where neighborhood streets meet U.S. Highway 121, asking the city and Texas Department of Transportation to study a right-turn lane or other traffic-calming measures.
Deepak Jayavant, president of the West Haven homeowners association, told the council his neighborhood has had "several close calls and accidents" at the Wingate/121 area and asked that the city consider a right-turn lane similar to one approved for Eastlake Drive. Jayavant said the planned Eastlake right-turn lane could push turning traffic further south and increase risk at Wingate.
Chandramouli Basur and other residents echoed the request and said they had not been informed of traffic analyses. Basur asked what traffic-flow or engineering analysis the city or TxDOT had conducted to justify the Eastlake lane and how the city would avoid moving risk to adjacent intersections.
Resident Omri Jain described sight-line issues at Wingate's entrance from the frontage road and said he has changed his route to avoid the intersection. Vinay Bhatia said the intersection has a blind spot and angled geometry that makes entering and exiting risky; he asked the council to provide similar right-turn accommodations for Wingate if Eastlake receives them.
City staff did not announce a formal decision during citizen appearance; the speakers requested that staff and TxDOT evaluate additional mitigation options and include West Haven in communications about lane changes. The council did not explicitly vote or direct immediate action on the request during the meeting.
The residents urged the council to coordinate with TxDOT and the city's traffic engineers and to share any traffic analysis with neighborhood leaders before lane changes are implemented, citing a prior crash in 2021 involving residents and children as supporting their concerns.
