A ten-year transportation program approved by the Texas Transportation Commission on Aug. 27 projects $16.5 billion combined for TxDOT's two North Texas districts, Dallas and Fort Worth, out of a statewide plan of roughly $138 billion.
Within that regional figure, $491 million in the Dallas district and $200 million in the Fort Worth district is attached to Texas Clear Lanes, the state effort aimed at its most congested chokepoints. Denton County's Interstate 35W and Dallas County's Interstate 345 are listed for additional funding under the program, TxDOT's Dallas district says, with no start dates set.
None of those figures is a commitment. The program forecasts what could be funded rather than budgeting it, and a corridor listed in it has no guarantee of construction. TxDOT Dallas district public information officer Tony Hartzel has said funding levels can change and that the plan does not tie money to projects in a way that assures they will be built.
The Little Elm corridors
FM 423 from US 380 to Stewarts Creek Road appears on TxDOT's project list with no cost or schedule published.
The nearest major project with a published figure is I-35E Phase 2, from I-635 to the Denton County line. TxDOT's page describes widening the main lanes from six to eight and rebuilding the reversible managed lanes, at a pre-construction estimate of $675 million.
