Denton City to begin Neighborhood 1B reconstruction; work to include roads, water and sewer, sidewalks and streetlights

Denton City officials told residents at a virtual community meeting that construction for the Neighborhood 1B reconstruction project will begin next week and is expected to finish near the fourth quarter of 2026.

Senior Project Manager Dante Hale, City of Denton, said the project is part of the city's 2019 reconstruction bond program and will "rehab aging infrastructure" across about 22 streets and roughly 45 segments. Hale said the work will address nearly 2,500 linear feet of roadway and replace or rehabilitate approximately 10,000 linear feet of water main and about 17,000 linear feet of sewer main. He added that design work concluded in the fourth quarter of 2024 and that the contract was awarded in March.

The reconstruction will begin on several streets residents will see soon, Hale said: "Some of the locations that you'll see that are on Camelot, Juneau, Wasatchi, and Northridge. Those are gonna be some of the first streets that we tackle." He said the city is "shooting for a completion date near the fourth quarter of 2026."

Why it matters: The project combines pavement, water, sewer, sidewalk and lighting work in a single contract to limit repeated disruptions to neighborhoods. City staff discussed expected temporary impacts and how residents can get information and raise concerns.

Officials and contractors told attendees to expect temporary lane, sidewalk and crosswalk closures and occasional water outages during work on individual segments. "Please know that you will be given prior notification before any of those closures," Hale said, adding the only likely exception would be an accidental strike of a water line.

City staff and the contractor also answered resident questions about sidewalk and street-lighting changes. Hale said the project will not build continuous new sidewalk across the whole area: "We really won't be putting any new sidewalk in or adding in additions to any of the streets. It'll just mainly be making those connections and then upgrading kind of ramps in anywhere that sidewalk may be failing." He said the team will replace damaged panels, fill small missing gaps to improve connectivity and upgrade intersection ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards where the project works at intersections.

A city staff member explained why residents saw other crews in the area before the project began: "Atmos came in ahead of us. They were relocating the gas lines that are gonna kinda be in conflict with our project as we go through and install new water, wastewater lines, and roadway." The city said Atmos Energy's relocation work was to update aging gas infrastructure and to avoid conflicts during the city's work.

Residents asked about driveway access and private irrigation systems. Hale said residents will retain access to their homes throughout construction and that crews will coordinate with homeowners if work affects irrigation: "If there are any impacts to your irrigation system, as we come through with our improvements, we will make sure that first you're notified and we'll do the best to restore them to how they were or even better."

The city also told attendees where to find project information and recordings: the meeting will be posted on the City of Denton website and interested residents can sign up for email alerts or find the Neighborhood 1B project page under the city's capital projects (DiscussDenton) for updates and contact information for the project manager.

Less critical details: Staff said the public will see contractor staging and traffic-control setup as work begins and that additional streets will be scheduled in phases. The city did not specify the calendar year of the March contract award during the meeting and did not provide a full street-by-street phasing schedule beyond the earliest streets listed.