If you have tried to get in or out of the
east side of Fort Worth recently during
morning or evening rush hour, then
you probably have noticed all the
traffic.
City traffic officials say the area,
particularly around the Woodhaven
Development, is overloaded right
now. There are only two main roads in and
out of Woodhaven and they are busy.
Officials have recorded some 13000
vehicle trips in and out of Woodhaven in
a single day.
All this is due to recent development in
the East Side area.
Hundreds of apartment units have gone up
and Woodhaven in the last year or so, and
many new homes have also been built.
The man we talked to in the traffic
department, Jim Meadows, credits the city
of Fort Worth as the cause of much of
this development.
He says people are just not as eager to
move to the mid cities because their city
services, particularly the streets, are
not as good as those in Fort Worth.
He also says people like East Fort
Worth because they can easily reach the
turnpike. And Lubert, 20.
He predicts the area from Woodhaven to
the Loop will be completely developed
within the next year and a half because
of this.
Officials say they expect the traffic
flow to ease when that happens, because
with more development will come more
roads in and out of the east side,
roads to carry people to the major
streets and highways.
But until then, lines of cars in the east
side will remain.
And the frustrated drivers will just have
to be content with the fact that traffic
jams are a sign of progress and
development in East Fort Worth
area with Carlton, The Texas News.