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May 29, 2009

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Green Line Updates:

Downtown Dallas construction information

Downtown Dallas: • Track Work to Disrupt Downtown Rail Service Over 2 June Weekends. Effective June 13-14, 20-21, 2009. Buses will replace DART Rail service in the downtown area due to track maintenance on the second and third weekends in June. Beginning Saturday morning, June 13, through the end of service on Sunday evening, June 14, southbound Red and Blue Line trains will operate only as far as Pearl Station and northbound trains only to Union Station. DART shuttle buses will meet all regularly scheduled trains at Pearl Station and Union Station and serve all stations in between. Also that Saturday evening, beginning at 7 p.m., special buses will operate every ten minutes between Pearl Station and American Airlines Center for the Andrea Bocelli concert. On the following weekend, June 20-21, a second construction project will require bus substitution between Pearl and West End stations. Again, bus shuttles will meet all scheduled trains. Board shuttles at the red bus stop located near each station. Also, please remember to allow extra time for your commute on these two weekends. • 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: • Three northbound lanes on Harry Hines between Wycliff and Market Center are open. Two southbound lanes on Harry Hines are open between Market Center and Douglas. View a street location map. • On Monday, April 13, one additional southbound lane on Harry Hines between Market Center and Wycliff is scheduled to 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. • Beginning the week of May 11, Denton from north of Hawes Ave. to Lovedale will have a traffic switch to begin new paving work. The northbound lanes will be closed and traffic will be 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 work until further notice. Detour is available via Harry Hines. 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. • From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, Webb Chapel at Denton will be closed for the installation of overhead metal decking and overhangs. View a street location map. • 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. • There will be traffic switches at the intersection of Webb Chapel and Denton 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 Storey Lane 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. • From 9 p.m. on Friday, June 5 through 6 a.m. on Monday, June 8, the intersection of Forest Lane at Denton will be closed for the installation of rail across the roadway. Eastbound Forest Lane will be detoured south at Denton, left on Northaven, left on Anaheim then back to Forest. Westbound Forest Lane will be detoured left at Anaheim, right on Northaven, right on Denton then back to Forest. 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. • 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. • Through approximately Wednesday, June 3, a detour is in place on Denton at Distribution Way for the installation of a storm water pipe. 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: Through approximately 4 p.m. on Friday, May 29, northbound Good Latimer between Gaston and Swiss is closed for pavement work. 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. From 3 p.m. on Friday, May 29 through 5 a.m. on Monday, June 1, Metropolitan at the rail guideway will be closed. View a street location map. • Trunk Ave. between Pennsylvania and Birmingham is closed until further notice. View a street location map.

Detail of Green Line Southeast Corridor View a printer-friendly PDF of the complete map in a new window

Hatcher Community construction information

Hatcher Community: •  Eastbound traffic along Scyene Rd. between Second 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. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.on Saturday, May 30, an additional eastbound lane on Scyene prior to Hatcher will be closed. View a street location map. From 6 p.m. on Friday, May 29 through 5 a.m. on Monday, June 1, Hatcher at the rail guideway, south of Scyene, will be closed. 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. • On Monday, April 13, there will be a traffic switch to the newly paved lanes on Hatcher at Scyene. One lane in each direction will be 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

• During the week of May 25-29, lane restrictions may occur for geotechnical testing and utility location verification work in the following locations: Jameson, Trinity River and Levee, Carpenter Ranch, SH 114/Spur 348, MacArthur Bridge, North Lake College area, Walnut Hill Lane, SH 161 and the future Belt Line Station area. Grading and site preparation begins on Jameson for construction of a bridge structure. Jameson at the Northwest Hwy. frontage road will be closed until further notice. Beginning June 1 through approximately June 12, some temporary lane restrictions may be necessary for utility location verification throughout the corridor as this process is completed. Lane restrictions may also be necessary for geotechnical testing done in the Trinity River and Levee and Walnut Hill Lane and Brangus areas. There will be grading activities in the old Texas Stadium/Loop 12 area. In the Harry Hines/Jameson/Northwest Hwy. area, crews will be drilling shafts, 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. View a street location map.

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