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Farmers Branch details trail widening, channel improvements and major water-pipe replacements
Summary
City officials said 2024 infrastructure work included widening the Rawhide Greenbelt Trail, reconfiguring Denton Drive to add parking and a new trail, widening 2,500 linear feet of the Cooks Creek Channel with wastewater upgrades, and replacing 6,600 linear feet of cast iron water pipe on multiple streets.
The address outlined significant infrastructure and public-works projects completed or advanced in 2024.
Trail and street projects included widening the Rawhide Greenbelt Trail from 8 to 12 feet and reconfiguring Denton Drive to add 20 street parking spaces and a new 10-foot trail. Drainage and wastewater work featured the Cooks Creek Channel improvement project, which the speaker said widened approximately 2,500 linear feet of concrete channel from Spring Valley to B Street and included wastewater-line upgrades.
Water-system work included the replacement of roughly 6,600 linear feet of aging cast iron pipe along Pyramid Drive, Artside Place, Janwood Lane and Tom Field Road. The speaker presented these projects as investments to improve service reliability, reduce water waste and address long-standing drainage needs.
The address did not include project funding sources, construction contractors, or multi-year timelines for remaining segments; those details were not specified.
