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Haslet council reaffirms support for Spur 170 construction; urged to engage in value-engineering process
Summary
Council denied reconsideration and re-approved a resolution supporting construction of State Highway Spur 170 from Intermodal Parkway to State Highway 170, and members urged engagement with ongoing TxDOT value-engineering sessions to protect grant funding and address local design concerns.
The Haslet City Council on Monday denied reconsideration and reaffirmed its support for the construction of State Highway Spur 170 between Intermodal Parkway and State Highway 170.
Council members heard from the North Central Texas Council of Governments staff who presented a project timeline and emphasized the importance of ongoing project milestones. Staff and council discussed the state's design and value-engineering schedule; council members were briefed that TxDOT had scheduled a multi-day value-engineering workshop beginning the following day.
Council members said participating in or tracking the workshop and the preliminary engineering phase would help ensure local concerns—traffic routing, property impacts and mitigation—could be addressed in the design phase before costs and grant obligations became fixed. Staff also noted that certain federal grant funding and project milestones could be jeopardized if the project does not move forward on schedule.
A public commenter supported the bridge extension; council recorded a unanimous vote denying reconsideration and reaffirming the city's resolution of support for Spur 170. Staff said they would continue coordinate with North Central Texas Council of Governments and TxDOT on the design and value-engineering process.
