A long-term plan aimed at reshaping Fort Worth’s McCart Avenue, a 10-mile stretch running from Interstate 20 to Burleson that has racked up one of the city’s worst crash records, goes before City Council next Tuesday. Council members are scheduled to consider adopting the plan on Nov. 10, with recommendations ranging from new pedestrian crossings and lighting to major roadway reconstructions down the line.
The McCart Avenue HOTT corridor project, part of Fort Worth’s 2022 bond program, is built around fixing problems that have piled up along the avenue for years, according to the Fort Worth Report. The plan is meant to address gaps in sidewalk and transit access, high crash rates along the avenue, fragmented land use, and aging commercial areas that have seen decreased investment, the outlet reports.
Those crash numbers are not abstract. A separate analysis by NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth found that McCart Avenue may be Fort Worth’s deadliest street, tallying 15 crashes that killed 17 people between 2019 and 2024. Three stretches of the roadway landed among the top six on the city’s high-injury list back in 2019, according to NBC 5’s reporting, which also noted a city transportation official pointing to possible interim fixes like better lighting or improved sidewalks.
What the Plan Would Actually Change
The HOTT corridor project recommends a broad mix of upgrades: real-time traffic systems, pedestrian and transit improvements, shared-use paths, fiber ducts, intersection enhancements, mixed-use zoning changes and park improvements, per the Fort Worth Report. Short-term priorities single out pedestrian crossings, lighting improvements, technology upgrades and shared-use paths as the first wave of work. Longer-term, the plan calls for major roadway reconstructions, including narrowing road medians…