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July 2, 2009

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Green Line Updates:

Downtown Dallas construction information

Downtown Dallas: • To support construction around the Bryan/Hawkins intersection: Bryan is closed between Leonard and Good Latimer. View a street location map. Good Latimer is reduced to one lane in each direction between Bryan and Elm. View a street location map. • Motorists will not be able to make left turns from Leonard St. across the DART Rail tracks. View a street location map.

Market Center Community construction information

Market Center Community: • From 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly from Wednesday, June 24 through approximately Wednesday, July 8, some lanes on Oak Lawn below the rail guideway will be closed. The outside lane of eastbound Oak Lawn will be closed first, with two-way traffic diverted to the westbound side. When work is completed and moves to the westbound side, the two-way traffic diversion will move to the eastbound side of Oak Lawn. View a street location map. • Three northbound lanes on Harry Hines between Wycliff and Market Center are open. View a street location map. • Three southbound lanes on Harry Hines between Market Center and Wycliff are open. At the Wycliff intersection, median work is scheduled and lanes will continue be reduced to two southbound lanes through the intersection. View a street location map. • Two northbound lanes on Harry Hines between Wycliff and Throckmorton are now open. View a street location map. • The intersection of Vagas and Harry Hines has been reopened. View a street location map.

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Love Field West Community construction information

Love Field West Community: Neighborhood Construction Advisory - West of Love Field Construction on DART's exciting Green Line expansion into Northwest Dallas, Farmers Branch and Carrollton has begun in earnest and will continue until passenger service officially begins in December 2010. Listed below is a brief outline of how some of the major streets in the neighborhood west of Love Field will be affected. Denton Drive at Mockingbird Lane Motorists should expect periodic lane reduction on both streets as various construction stages proceed during the project. Wyman Street at Denton Drive Wyman is closed until further notice. Access is available via a bus lane from Burbank. View a street location map. Temporary Closures: Anson Road, Gilford St., Burbank St., Empire Central Drive Construction for DART's new Green Line will require the temporary closure of four streets at the railroad crossing near Denton Drive, beginning on or around Monday, May. 25. The closures will involve two streets at a time with each lasting approximately one week. Anson and Gilford will be the first streets affected on or around May 25. To reach Anson, traffic from Denton will be detoured to south to Empire Central, then north on Little Denton to Anson. To get to Gilford, vehicles will be detoured north to Burbank and south on Little Denton to Gilford. Upon the completion and re-opening of Anson and Gilford, work will begin on Burbank and Empire Central, and the detours will be reversed. Gilford and Little Denton will be used to reach Burbank, Anson and Little Denton to reach Empire Central. The Green Line is scheduled to begin passenger service between Dallas, Farmers Branch and Carrollton in December 2010. Future notifications will be provided as the construction work progresses throughout the project. For more information, call 214-749-2522. For emergency only, call DART Police at 214-928-6262. • Bomar Ave. at Denton Drive will be permanently closed. View a street location map. • Traffic is reduced to one lane each way at W. Mockingbird Lane and Denton Drive. View a street location map. • There is a traffic switch on Denton Dr. from north of Hawes Ave. to Lovedale for paving work. The northbound lanes are closed and traffic is detoured onto the southbound lanes with one lane open in each direction. Once the northbound lanes are completed, traffic will be switched to the new lanes while southbound lanes are paved. View a street location map. • Denton is closed from Shorecrest to Webb Chapel for underground utility and bridge work until further notice. Detour is available via Harry Hines. View a street location map. • From Monday, July 6 for approximately one week, Community Drive at the rail guideway will be closed. View a street location map.

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Walnut Hill/Denton Area construction information

Walnut Hill/Denton Area: Construction for DART's exciting Green Line Expansion Program into Northwest Dallas, Farmers Branch and Carrollton, is underway and will continue until the new passenger service begins in December 2010. Construction in this area will necessitate occasional traffic shifts and detours as some of the local streets and infrastructure are improved. • Webb Chapel Extension and Denton Drive is reduced to one lane in each direction for the installation of underground utilities until further notice. View a street location map. • Denton Drive is closed from Storey Lane to Webb Chapel until further notice. View a street location map. • Denton Drive between Willowbrook and Lombardy is reduced to one lane southbound. View a street location map. • Denton Drive between Lombardy and Walnut Hill will be closed except for local traffic. Motorists are encouraged to look for local road detour signage. View a street location map. •  Century Drive between Doric Street and Denton Drive will permanently close. Local business traffic wishing to access Denton Drive from the east will need to detour along Doric Street to Abernathy Avenue and Lombardy Lane. This work will be followed by subsequent traffic shifts at this location--each lasting for several weeks--to allow for the reconstruction of Century Drive with a direct connection to Abernathy Lane. Road construction on Century Drive is anticipated to continue until Fall 2009. • Walnut Hill near Denton Drive may have daily lane closures. View a street location map. • There is an altered lane configuration on Denton, north of Forest Lane, to accommodate the next phase of paving. View a street location map.

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Farmers Branch Community construction information

Farmers Branch Community: Farmers Branch On-Call Boarding With Other DART Routes at Farmers Branch Park & Ride - Effective October 20, 2008 All Farmers Branch On-Call vehicles drop off and board passengers at the temporary transit center on Denton Drive. This is the location currently being used by Bus Routes 44, 185, 204, 247, 331, 400 and 486. Boarding will take place at the sign marked: DEPARTURES All Bus Routes All DART services will use this stop until the new Green Line rail station opens across the street in December 2010. Riders may continue to call 972-880-7786 to schedule an On-Call trip reservation. For other questions about On-Call service, please consult www.DART.org or call 214-979-1111. View a street location map. • Villa Creek near Denton Drive may have daily lane closures. View a street location map. • Farmers Branch Lane at Denton is closed for utility installation. View a street location map. • Various lanes are altered on Valley View Lane at Denton as concrete is placed in the median for a brick paver base. View a street location map. • Buttonwood Drive is closed until further notice. View a street location map. • Pike Street is closed until further notice. View a street location map. • Squire Place at Denton Drive is closed until further notice. View a street location map. • McClintock is closed between Squire Place and Fruitland for utility work until further notice. View a street location map.

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Carrollton Community construction information

Carrollton Community: Construction for DART's exciting Green Line Expansion Program into Northwest Dallas, Farmers Branch and Carrollton, is under way and will continue until the new passenger service begins in December 2010. Construction in this area will necessitate occasional traffic shifts and detours as some of the local streets and infrastructure are improved. • On Valwood Parkway at the rail guideway, traffic has been switched to the outside lanes while median paving work is done. View a street location map.

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Deep Ellum Community construction information

Deep Ellum Community: From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, Gaston at Good Latimer will be closed. Westbound traffic will detour north on Good Latimer to turn left on Live Oak and then south on Hawkins to Pacific. Eastbound traffic will detour south on Good Latimer to Main, then travel east to Malcolm X, turn left and continue north to return to Gaston. View a street location map. •  Malcolm X Blvd. between Junius and Indiana may be periodically reduced to one lane in each direction until further notice. View a street location map. • There will be a traffic switch on Hall Street at the rail guideway to the new paving on the northbound lanes until future notice. View a street location map.

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Fair Park Community construction information

Fair Park Community: • Parry Ave. at Haskell will be reduced to one lane in both directions until further notice. View a street location map. • Trunk Ave. between Pennsylvania and Birmingham is closed until further notice. View a street location map.

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Hatcher Community construction information

Hatcher Community: •  Eastbound traffic along Scyene Rd. between 2nd Ave. and Hatcher St. and westbound traffic along Scyene Rd. between Hatcher St. and Lawnview Ave. may have periodic lane reductions. View a street location map. • Traffic along Hatcher St. at Scyene Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction. There will be daily lane closures at the intersection of Scyene Road and Hatcher St. View a street location map. • Traffic has been switched to the newly paved lanes on Hatcher at Scyene. One lane in each direction is open. View a street location map. • Dixon Avenue near Scyene Road has one lane open in each direction. View a street location map. •  Left turn lane on Lawnview Avenue at Scyene Road is detoured. Motorists are encouraged to look for detour signage. View a street location map. • Westbound traffic along Scyene Road to Lawnview Avenue will be detoured to Elmira Street (right) to Greenmere Place (left) and back onto Scyene (right). View a street location map.

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Lake June Community construction information

Lake June Community: •  There may be temporary lane reductions on Buckner Blvd. between Elam Rd. and US 175. View a street location map. • There is one lane open in each direction on Elam Road between Hillburn Drive and Buckner until further notice. View a street location map.

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Orange Line Updates:

Orange Line construction information

WHAT: Full Closures of I-35E WHERE: Northbound and Southbound I-35E from Loop 12 to Harry Hines Blvd. WHEN: Southbound July 7, 2009 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.             Northbound July 8, 2009 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. WHY: Upcoming DART Orange Line Bridge Construction View a PDF of the closure notice and detour map (opens in a new window) Construction of the DART Orange Line to North Irving/DFW includes a bridge structure from the junction with the Green Line at the Bachman Station over Harry Hines Blvd., I-35E, along Storey Lane/Spur 482, across the Trinity River and landing along the Spur 482 Frontage Road. Traffic on I-35E will be temporarily shifted to the outside shoulder to provide a safe work area. In order to get the barrier in place for the temporary traffic shift, full closures on I-35E between Loop 12 and Harry Hines Blvd. will be required. SB I-35E will be closed Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 9:00 p.m.—5:00 a.m. NB I-35 will be closed Wednesday, July 8, 2009 from 9:00 p.m.—5:00 a.m. Construction activities and the new shoulder alignment are expected to continue for 3-4 months in this area. Signage and police officers will be present to direct and monitor traffic during the closure. SB I-35 Detour SB I-35E will Exit 436 (Loop 12/Spur 348) west; south towards SH 114 DFW Airport/Grapevine; east on SH 114; northwest on Storey Lane/Spur 482; south on Harry Hines back to southbound I-35E. NB I-35 Detour NB I-35E will Exit 435 (Harry Hines); north on Harry Hines to Northwest Hwy; west on Northwest Hwy back to NB I-35E. • Through approximately July 10, some temporary lane restrictions may be necessary for geotechnical testing and utility location verification throughout the corridor as this process is completed. For the week of June 29: • Trinity River area: There will be grading to prepare to build the access road. Geotechnical testing continues in this area. • Old Texas Stadium/Loop 12 area: There will be grading operations and curb and gutter removals. Please remember the area around the stadium is now a construction area and not available to the public. • Central Freight and FedEx areas: Grading operations continue. View a street location map. For the week of July 6: • Trinity River area: access road construction continues. • Old Texas Stadium/Loop 12 area: There will be grading operations and curb and gutter removals. Please remember the area around the stadium is now a construction area and not available to the public. • Central Freight and FedEx areas: Expect grading and drilling operations along Spur 482 around Central Freight and FedEx areas to continue. View a street location map. •Grading and drilling operations will continue along Spur 482 and the Trinity River area. Lane Restrictions: Expect full closures of I-35E from Loop 12 to Harry Hines Blvd. Southbound I-35E will be closed Tuesday night, July 7, 2009 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. (July 8). The detour for southbound I-35E traffic will exit 436 (Loop 12/Spur 348) west; south towards SH 114 DFW Airport/Grapevine; east on SH 114; northwest on Storey Lane/Spur 482; south on Harry Hines back to southbound I-35E. Northbound I-35E will be closed Wednesday night, July 8, 2009 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. (July 9). The detour for northbound I-35E will exit 435 (Harry Hines); north on Harry Hines to Northwest Hwy; on west on Northwest Hwy back to northbound I-35E. In the event of a weather delay, expect all activities to shift forward one day to July 8, 2009 and July, 9 2009. The ramp closure scheduled for Monday, July 6, 2009, beginning at 9 p.m. from northbound Harry Hines to eastbound Northwest Highway has been postponed for tentatively 1-2 weeks. Upcoming work: Stemmons Trail at Spur 482 will close July 13, 2009, for several weeks. Access to Stemmons Trail from Northwest Highway will remain open. Please note: • In the Harry Hines/Jameson/Northwest Hwy. area, construction activities will include drill shaft operations, column operations, electrical work, walls and grading for bridge construction preparation. There will trucks and equipment moving in and out of the construction site, so please use caution in this area with the increased activity. Jameson at the Northwest Hwy. frontage road will be closed until further notice. View a street location map. • The right lane of southbound Harry Hines under Northwest Highway will be closed until further notice. Two southbound lanes will be open for through traffic. View a street location map.

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