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Residents press Hurst City Council for permanent fixes on West Pleasant View traffic
Summary
Residents described daily speeding, heavy truck detours and near-misses on West Pleasant View Drive and urged the Hurst City Council to install permanent calming measures; North Tarrant Express and city staff gave timelines for reopening the frontage road and pedestrian bridge and pledged follow-up.
Taylor Camps, a West Pleasant View Drive resident, told the Hurst City Council on April 14 that months of detour traffic and repeated near-misses have left neighbors “exhausted and near a breaking point,” and called on the city to install permanent traffic-calming measures.
“We are asking for your action immediately on this,” Camps said as she described videos and still photos of two informal travel lanes, ignored stop signs and trucks on a residential street. Camps asked the council to consider solar-powered flashing stop signs, reflective enhancements and speed bumps, and she asked staff to provide current and prior traffic studies and a repaving schedule.
Multiple neighbors backed Camps’ request. Donna Newhouse said residents in the area include seniors and children and that drivers “are not stopping” at the Cavender stop sign. Carla Brook Rowe and other speakers described nightly truck traffic, damaged mailboxes and a string of close calls that have made it difficult to leave driveways.
Tommy Williamson, public relations manager for North Tarrant infrastructure, told the meeting that the frontage road closure tied to the North Tarrant Express work is scheduled to reopen in July, the pedestrian bridge closure remains on track to end in September and the westbound Norwood entrance ramp is scheduled for early 2027. “If our crews can reopen the frontage road before July, we will do that,” Williamson said.
City staff and the police commander described enforcement steps already taken, including directed patrols and citations; staff reported about 13 citations in the trouble area on one recent day. City Manager and public-works staff said they have coordinated signage, bus routing and contractor communications and plan to regroup with the police department, NTE and the school district to seek additional options that meet state traffic-control standards.
Staff warned that some long-term measures — for example, creating a school zone or closing streets — must meet TxDOT and MUTCD standards and that road closures can produce unintended detours. Still, officials invited residents to participate in follow-up discussions and said they would reexamine signal timing, enforcement and possible site-specific measures.
No formal council action was taken on the requests during the meeting; staff said they would return with additional options and a plan for further community engagement.
