Colleyville outlines Cheek-Sparger Road corridor plan; preliminary design funding of $843,000 on tonight's agenda

City Engineer Larry Wright briefed the Colleyville City Council on the Cheek-Sparger Road corridor project, describing a multi-year effort that combines roadway widening, intersection improvements, sidewalks, drainage and utility upgrades and coordinated work with neighboring jurisdictions.

Wright said the project was submitted through multiple funding channels beginning with the county's transportation bond program and later through appropriations requests. He reported that Tarrant County had committed about $13 million and that staff had pursued additional grants. "In March of 2022, we went to Representative Beth Van Dine's appropriation bill meeting ... then we found out shortly thereafter that we've been approved through Tarrant County for basically $13,000,000 of their money," Wright said during the presentation.

Wright described the corridor concept: one 12-foot lane in each…