The Fort Worth Transportation & Public Works Department hosted a June 3 meeting on Webex to discuss the 60% design phase for Cunningham Road, a short stretch of roadway located in District 5 off Crowley Road. Improvements related to this project will run from the intersection of Crowley and Cunningham roads running west to where Blakely Drive intersects Cunningham Road.
The planned improvements for Cunningham Road will include the construction of a bridge to replace a low-water crossing that has been prone to flooding during heavy rain events. As project manager Berton Guidry said, “To mitigate the stormwater overtopping the roadway, we’re going to raise the roadway profile above the flood elevation.”
The project scope for Cunningham Road stormwater mitigation includes raising the roadway above flood elevation, replacing the two 18-inch culverts with a bridge, regrading and armoring the channel with retaining walls, and adding curb inlets and underground storm drain lines. One storm drain will be located east of the bridge and the other to the west of the bridge. A proposed curb inlet will be west of the bridge just before Blakely Drive. Both storm drains and the curb inlet will be located along the northern side of Cunningham Road…