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FACTS ABOUT THE ADDISON AIRPORT TOLL TUNNEL Projectlengthn....uu..........􀁾􀁮􀁾..􀁾..........u,...............................3,700 feet. Tunnellength ................. ,..........n
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ground level to the roofoftbe tunnel. Width......... 40 feet wide outside the tunnel: 28 feet wide inside. Toll.....,............................u ......u .......................................50¢
oneway. First toll tunnel in Texas. Year 2000 projected transactions perday.....•....••.••••...••.... 15,600 Construction began March, 1997; 45 construction workers and 140,000 man-honrs
were needed to complete the project. More than 170,000 tons ofdirt and rock were removed to create the tuunel. Most of this material was transported to the President George Bush 'Thrnpike
for the Midway Rd. to Frankford Rd. segment, which will begin construction in April, 1999. PartnerAgencies: North Texas Tollway Authority, the Town of Addison, tbe City ofCarrollton,
Dallas County and tbe Federal Aviation Administration. .-,!;' NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY At ADDISON AIRPORT TOLL TUNNEL 1\dJijVfl'l Lighting Ceremony Addison Airport Toll Tunnel 4:30p.m.
February 17, 1999 ,... 
ADDJ.YONAIRPORT TOLL TUNNEL The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel is located just west ofthe Dallas North Tollway in the center ofthe Town ofAddison. It links Keller Springs Road on the east
side oftile Addison Airport to its continuation on the west side, enllancing east-west trafflcflow in the busy nortll Dallas/Addison area. The tunnel project is 3,660 feet in lengtll
from Addison Road to Midway Road and the tunnel 􀁩􀁴􀁳􀁥􀁬􀁦􀁴􀁾􀀠1,650 feet. The tunnel is two lanes in width, providing one lane in each dire<1ion. 111ere is sufficient right-of-way
for an additional tunnel, which would provide for separate trafflc. Keller Springs road connects to North Central Expressway (US 75) via Campbell Road to the east and to IH 35E via Whitlock
Lane in the west. Completion ofthe Addison Airport Toll Tunnel is [ expected to contribute greatly to relieving trafflc congestion on Belt ILine Road in the area. The Addison Airport
Toll Tunnel is tire result ofclose cooperation among tile North Texas Tollway Authority, the Town Town of Addison, the City ofCarrollton and Dallas County. Its success will contribute
to tlte continued growth ofone ofthe most dynamic areas ofthe country. '., PROGRAM Welcome and Introduction ofGuests David D. Blair, Jr. Director North Texas Tollway Autilority Remarks
The Honorable Lee Jackson Dallas County Judge Tile Honorable Jim Jackson Dallas Coun(v Commissoner The Honorable Richard Beckert Mayor, Town ofAddison The Honorable Milhurn Gra,'ley
Mayor, City ofCarrollton Lighting ofthe Tunnel Refreshmellts 
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See back Publisher & editor Peter Samuel tel 301 631 1148 fax 301631 1248 .·mail tollroadS@aol.com .,.,bsite www,toilrOllds,com ISSN 1089-5760 DALLAS TX Swank L'U Toll Tunnel Opens under
Airport There's a big party with lots of "swank" music and "swing"dancing, tbey call it, and western food and drink aboul60 feet under the main runway of the exec-jet/freight Addison
Airport, Dallas TX late afternoon Feb 17 to open a new toll tunnel. By world standards it's a very little tunnel, half a dick or a third of. mile long, portal to portal. and just a lane
each direction, but it is a big project for wbat it represents and what it will do for local people. These guys haven't been employing lobbyists in Washington DC or the state capital
Austin to squeeze 'pork' out of the governmental system or big bucks out of taxpayers somewhere else in tbe country. In the best western tradition they've said: 'We'll do it ourselves.
We'll cough up a couple of quarters a trip for the extra amenity and convenience we'll get.1I The Addison Airport Toll1i.tnnel will provide commuters and business people and moms and
dads and delivery trucks and a lot of other diverse traffic a Slrnight shot east-west Richardson to Carrollton along the Keller Springs Road and between the Keller Springs Rd interchange
of the , Dallas Nortb Tollway and points west.And it will take afew big rigs off local streets. A Wilbur Smith traffic and revenue study cont p2 ELECTRONIC TOLLING Triborough Transformed
Frnnd, Ford Coppola has been spending time in New York City to begin a film called Metropolis which wiu focus on some of the larger than life personalities of recent New York history
like the late Robert Moses. Called "The Power Broker" by biographer Robert Caro, Moses was the dominant figure in the construction of New York's major expressways, parkways, and iis
great bridges between 1924 and 1968. He founded the Triborough Bridge (later 'and 1i.tnne!') Authority, and by making it a self-financing city authority he was able to wield great power
without ever having to run for office. He had avid supporters and passionate enemies, and TBTA was constantly in the news. No more. Nowadays known as MTA Bridges and Tunnels (MTA B&T)
it is run by Michael C. Ascher, an engineer from the transit side of MTA, and before that from nuclear power. Ascher and his colleagues work out of a modest gray 3·story office building.
the Robert Moses Building. located in the shadow of the elevated Manhattan plaza of the Triborough bridge on Randall's Island in the East River. Coppola got himself an E-ZPass tag to
USe during his New York stay and thought it was something amazing. When he visited the Moses building two months ago, he immediately chatted about E-ZPass and asked Ascher: "When are
you going to bring E-ZPass to San !'rancisco!" Caitrnns of course is making its own efforts with M!'S to implement electronic tolling (ET) on the Bay area bridges closer to Coppola's
homeground, but it is striking that it is New York City'S ET implementation that has become so famous -and envied by guys who live alongside Silicon Valley, The success ofE-ZPass has
trnnsformed the public image of the MTA 8&T with New Yorkers too. The improvements are readily observed. rake the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (BBT), where traffic volume is up 16% this year'
h'l ., d d II w I e congestion IS way own.E Wa ace the general manager of the BBT is obviously :,..,,r..BBT links the Battery at tip of Manhattan to Brooklyn (foreground). Staten Is
is off the pic left.Courtesy Unique Media Maps. proud of the way this tunnel now operates. He says that a combination of E-ZPass technology and spedal provision for bus! HOV have dramatically
increased the capacity of the crossing. The whole place looks alot better than I recall it when Ilived in New York 17 years ago. Then trash blew around and the Triborough facilities
had a generally rundown appearance. It certainly isn't Scandinavian neat-and-tidy yet, but a lot cleaner. And the people there look as if they care for things. They seem to quite enjoy
their work from the chalter around their office and the change rooms, and from their genernl demeanor. A happy crew. For about 40mins Jan 20, I stood with Wallace at the toll plaza on
the Brooklyn end of the tunnel watching the evening 􀁅􀁾􀀭continued right sid. bottom p2 􀁾Bridgn and Tunnels ""􀁔􀁾􀁥􀁮􀁤􀁲􀁑􀁥􀀢􀀧􀀱􀀧􀁉􀁉􀁮􀁉􀁗􀁾􀀠INSIDE 5:SPECIAl ROUNDUP _ ElectronicTolling
in North America 12:CQRRECTION:E.ZPass Funding 13:MFS Hit with Penalties by NJ Consortium 13:Trial ofSemi-Automated Occupancy Count in Texas Disappoints 14:Six Road PriCing Projects
for Study in MD 15: Dulies and Mass pikes Hit by ErrantTrucks 15:AI Gore's liveability Agenda Knocks Road, 16: Hwy 407 Sale Mysteries16:NewrsGreatest Act-Cox for Amtrak ______________--'

Number 35 􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁉􀁬􀁻􀁕􀀻􀀻􀁾􀁾􀀭􀀻􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁊􀁾􀁡􀁾􀁮􀁾􀁕􀁡􀁾􀁲􀁹􀁾􀀱􀁾􀀹􀀹􀁾􀀮􀀹􀀠----:;:--:-----:--....---t-u-nn-=e=1contractor and their staffs com· Addison Airport
Tunnel is 20km (l2mi] north of Dalla, CBD,jus! off Dallas North Tollway and between Ihe lBJ-Fwy kl35 and Ihe Geo Bush Turnpike (ulc] estimated that 12.5k veblday on opening (and 21k
veblday in 2010) would pay 50ct trip to save up to 2 miles (3km) and 9mins with a couple of signalized intersections jogging norlh or south. That amounts to tolls of S2.3mlyr on opening
(and $3.8mJyr in 2010) plus some extra revenue on the N Dallas Tollway itself ($445k1yr on opening and $800k in 2020.) On that basis this S15m project (S13m for the tunnel itself and
S2m for the toll plaza and approach roads) will be self.financing. That "swank" party down under the runway at Addison will rightly celebrate a good road projecl that will improve the
quality of local life without slipping a hand into other people's pockels via the tax collector. Project Project manager Mark Bouma of the North Texas Tollway Authority, Bill Leech engineering
supervisor of Brown & Root, and Dan Hubenak of Zachary Monterrey the pleted the tunndto contract price in 16 months. By contrast the permitting, studies and financing took 7 years! The
tunnel construction was not uneventful.A ten ton rock fell from the roof two· thirds through tunneling. And before they had built a retaining wall they had quite a rockslide on one approach
ramp· 600 cub yds of rock that came rumbling down uninvited. blocking the entrance to the tunnel. That set them back a few weeks. fortunately no one was hurt in either of the incidents.
The airport is a busy one with just the single runway so the tunnel had to be mined underneath it. Exploiting what is often called the New Auslrian tunneling method they used quite basic
machinery, a single road header with a grinding head that grinds the rock up at the face and sends gravelly material onto a conveyor belt into waiting dump trucks. That cuts out the
"heading"or top of the tunnel section.A jumbo with a rotary drill was used to insert rock bolts inlo the rock to put it into compression and stabilize it, the number and depth of the
anchors being calculated for a 'just.enough' suppon, along with stiff quick drying concrete (shoterete) 'shot' onto the walls. The shotcrete was reinforced not with conventional rebar
but wilh economi· cal shards of steel called fiber reinforcement.A D9 dozer with a rear ripper Ihen tore out 'benches' deepening the tunnel progressively downwards, as wheel loaders
put the stuff in trucks which drove it out the tunnel. As usually happens in tunneling they ran inlo some underground water and had to intenSify their anchoring and provide At the center
of toll plaza is two way booth for collectors serving both directions oftraffic-Out from the attended tanes are coin machine lanes and on the far outsides ET tanes. ¢< 􀁾􀁓􀁪􀁥􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁩􀁩􀁩􀁾􀁡􀁴􀁴􀁾�
�􀁾􀀧􀀠.. 􀁾􀀧􀁾􀀧􀁾􀀮􀀧􀀮􀁾􀀧􀀠:: /,,_•• 0 -... Tunnel data length:485m (1590') portal to portal Width: 11.9m (391 Height:8.5m (28') Excavation: h" Mitsui roadheader, 􀁾􀀱Cat D9 ripping
Method: top heading and benching down Primary support: rock bolts & shotcrete Tunnel top to ground level above:' 8.8m (29') Travel lanes: 2 Toll lanes: 6 Forecast traffic: 125k to 21
k veh/day TolI:50c all vehicles Payment modes: collector(s), coin, ET Project cost: S15m drainage syslems and pumps. The water was al whal they call a reverse fault in the rock. Then
there was walerprooflining. reinforcement, horseshoe shaped concrete finishing, and roadway pavemenl, small side walkways, lighting, and suspended jelfans for ventilation. Volume of
heavy trucks is expected to be small,so the owner and operator North Texas Tollway Authority has decided to forgo vehicle classification and different rales. All vehicles will pay the
same SOc at the 6 toll lane plaza at the western end of the To keep down staffing costs there is a single central toll booth with windows each side for one or two collectors looking
after manual payers. The middle lane each way will have a coin machine lanes and the right lane will be for electronic tolling. "Swing on down" is their slogan, both for Ihe opening
ceremony and for patrons. (Contacl Mark Bouma NTTA 972 267 0465) 􀁔􀁾􀁬􀁉􀁬􀁗􀁬􀁬􀁲􀁮􀁕􀁩􀀮􀀠Note greater width for ET lane, on out,ide MTA B6-Tcontinued... rush hour traffic emerging
from Manhattan on its way to Brooklyn and Staten Island. The longest queue I saw WaS six vehicles. There were many straight shots through, and short lines of two or three vehicles noWand
again, with 40 to 50mph traffic coming up out of the tunnel then rolling through toll lanes at IOmph, a rew stopping for a few seconds. No congestion worth the name. New gates (from
the German company Magnetic) of aluminum tube with a Ihick red foam jacket to make them more visible whip up in a fraction of a second when the 
KELLER SPRINGS TUNNEL JANUARY 1997 The connection of the east and west parts of Keller Springs was conceived in the mid 1980's and is considered one of the key projects to reduce congestion
on Belt Line Road and improve mobility in northern Dallas County. Traffic on Belt Line Road has grown from approximately 40,000 vehicles per day in 1986 to nearly 70,000 vehicles per
day in 1996. As with all projects of this magnitude, ($20 million in construction costs and $3 million in right-of-way acquisition) there are impacts to the surrounding community. The
Town is taking many steps to mitigate that impact. These include the following: I. Establishment of the Town of Addison -Airport Development Line (972) 450-2830. The goal of this service
will be to address questions and issues that arise from the activities related to the tunnel and airport. 2. Construction of the tunnel necessitates the removal of 3 acres of developed
property from the airport. Staff has evaluated the amount of undeveloped land at the airport and has established a goal of replacing the 3 acres of property within 5 years. It is our
belief that there is sufficient land available on the airport to meet the short term development needs. 3. AT this time, the Town has negotiated settlements with all leasehold interests
and major tenants except two (AATI & H&S Investors). We recognize the investments made at the field and believe the investors were fairly compensated. 4. The Town has explored a couple
of scenarios regarding the development of new hangars on the south tie down area. At this time the economics of new construction is difficult to justify based on the current rents and
occupancies. However this land is available for development by an investor, including those investors that were compensated by the Town as a result ofthis project. 5. Since August 1996,
the Town and AATI have worked cooperatively to fmd facilities for the tenants displaced by the tunnel construction. Our goal is to have all affected tenants relocated by March I, 1997.
This includes 19 patio hangars, 24 T-hangars and 2 jet hangars. This is being accomplished by using existing space more effectively and utilizing the refurbished hangars in the Friendly
Aviation area. It is our goal to minimize the number ofaircraft displaced to tie-down areas without a 
Keller Spring Tunnel January 1997 Page Two hangar option. We anticipate that approximately 10 aircraft may have to be relocated to tie-down areas and are hopeful that a hangar will be
available within 6 months. TIlls project is being funded and constructed by the Texas Turnpike Authority and is moving ahead rapidly. The bid opening is scheduled for February 20, demolition
and utility relocation's are expected to start as soon as the land is available. The Texas Turnpike Authority contractor is expected to start in early summer and complete the project
by December 1998. TIlls will make Keller Springs into a regional arterial stretching from Preston Road on the east to the City of CoppelJ on the west. 
Keller Springs Toll Tunnel -.-.-.-.-.-]..... January 1997 I I C-----April _Jfebruary March May -December 1998 [mBIDDING Bids open february 20 BID AWAAD ----I I􀁾􀁾􀁾􀀺􀁾􀁌􀁾􀀮􀀻􀁤􀁩􀀨􀀡􀀺􀀱􀀠AIRPORT
FACILITY 􀁬􀁾􀁭􀁴􀁲􀁈􀀡􀁗􀁬􀀡􀁬􀀡􀁩􀀡􀁬􀁭􀁾􀁍􀁈􀁩􀁴􀁾􀁟􀁾􀁾􀀬􀁭􀁾􀁂􀁦􀁗􀀿􀁾DEMOLITION FRANCHISED UTILITY RELOCATION TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION 􀁗􀀺􀀲􀁩􀀻􀁾􀀧􀁝􀀺􀀱􀁴􀀭􀀺􀀭􀀻􀀢􀁏􀀭􀁩􀁾􀁾􀀻􀁦􀁬􀁬􀁾􀁾􀀻􀁔􀀧􀀻�
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ARAPAHO ROAD JANUARY 1997 The project has three main phases. Phase I is from Dallas Parkway to Addison Road. This section has been delayed because of right-of-way acquisition. The Town
is going to proceed with construction of the roadway between Dallas Parkway and Quorum Drive to accommodate the construction schedule for the Colonnade expansion. 'They have designed
their plans based on the reconstructed roadway and delaying the roadway construction until all the right-of-way is acquired could impact their construction schedule. Construction should
start in June and be completed in December. Construction on the roadway between Quorum Drive and Addison Road will start as soon as the right-of-way is acquired at the northeast corner
of Addison Road and Arapaho Road. Construction will hopefully begin in the fall and be completed in the Spring of 1998. Estimated cost of Phase I is $3-$4 million, depending on the final
cost of the right-of-way. Phases II will extend Arapaho Road from Addison Road to Midway Road. Phase III will extend the road from Midway Road to Marsh Lane. The new roadway will stay
on the south side of the railroad tracks and use the existing right-of-way of Centurion Drive and Realty Drive, both of which will become Arapaho Road. The Town has selected HNTB engineers
to design these two phases. The main two issues on these phases is acquiring the railroad crossing from the Southern Pacific Railroad and what to do at Midway Road; at grade intersection
or grade separated. Constructing Arapaho under Midway will significantly increase the construction costs, but will eliminate the problems created by having the Midway/Arapaho intersection
so close to the MidwayIBelt Line intersection. Road. The decision as to whether or not to grade separate Arapaho Road from Midway will determine if phases II & III will be built at the
same time. The Town hopes to have construction start in late 1998 and be completed with both phases by 2003. Estimated project cost is $13-$18 million, depending on what is constructed
at the Midway Road intersection. DART TRANSIT CENTER JANUARY 1997 The new DART Transit Center will be located on the new Arapaho Road between Addison Road and Quorum Drive. The center
will be the new home of the existing bus operation located at Prestonwood Mall. It is also an optimum location for a train station when DART begins rail operations on the Cottonbelt
rail line. DART plans to keep the existing three story office building and the building previously occupied by 7-11. The transit center facility will lie east of the three story office
building. Design has started and DART hopes to start construction this fall with the center being open in the Spring of 1998. The actual start of construction will be determined by the
acquisition of the right-of-way at the northeast corner of Addison Road and Arapaho Road. The Town and DART are jointly acquiring this tract for right-of-way for Arapaho Road and for
the Transit Center. Soil and groundwater contamination on this site has become the key issue. DART is working with the property owner and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
to develop an acceptable remediation plan for the property to eliminate some of the risks associated with the acquisition. DART is proceeding with eminent domain on this tract. This
project is being fully funded by DART and has a budget of $6,000,000. 
ADDISON AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE JANUARY 1997 The Addison Airport Master Plan was adopted in 1991. In 1996 the Council authorized the staff to update that plan. A special committee
was appointed by the Council comprised of citizens and airport tenants. This committee has met 3 times over the last several months and will meet for the last time to finalize their
recommendations to the Council on January 23, 1997. It is anticipated that the plan will be forwarded to the Airport Board for consideration February 19 and then to the Council on March
11. Both of these meetings will include an opportunity for public input. Some key elements evaluated at this time include; the purchase of the Airport's Runway Protection Zones (RPZ),
the extension ofthe west side taxiway (emergency runway), land acquisition to mitigate the impact of the Keller Springs, and land acquisition to provide for some aviation growth opportunities.
The construction of a parallel runway was explored and eliminated as being cost prohibitive. We have also identified the need to update the Part 150 study, and reviewed the airport's
impact on noise sensitive uses, and have looked at a multitude of redevelopment opportunities to meet the needs of the ever changing aviation industry. One of the challenges that we
continue to face is to balance the needs of the aviation/airport industry to those of the community. Today there is a proposal to incorporate the land at Westgrove just northwest ofMillion
Air to provide 10 to 15 acres of land for future aviation use. This will be a difficult decision for Council to make because we do not have a place to divert the 12,000 vehicles that
use Westgrove every day or a good mechanism to mitigate the impact to the existing businesses. 
ADDISON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS JANUARY 1997 As traffic congestion continues to increase around the airport, the Town has identified the need to improve Addison Road to increase capacity and
enhance safety. Currently we are acquiring right-of-way as properties are developed and anticipate starting preliminary engineering on this project in 1998 or early 1999 to coincide
with the tunnel opening and the continued development ofthe Quorum area. The exact cross section for the roadway has yet to be determined. The Town's Master Thoroughfare Plan calls for
Addison Road to be widened to four lane divided or 5 lanes (4 through lanes and a continuous left turn lane in the middle). It is anticipated that this project will be completed in phases
and may ultimately cost $10 million. 
ADDISON AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER JANUARY 1997 Town staff has been working with the FAA for several years to complete the development and replacement of the Addison air traffic
control tower. A site just south of the existing site was selected in 1994/95 and the FAA is currently pursuing zoning, land acquisition, and the development plans. We are hopeful that
the FAA will start construction in late 1997 and commissioning of the tower will be completed in late 1999. This is subject to land acquisition, zoning and funding. This project will
be funded by the FAA and is anticipated to cost $4 million. 
MlDWAYIBELT LINE & QUORUM/BELT LINE INTERSECTIONS JANUARY 1997 The Town is partnering with DART and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to design and construct the projects.
Both intersections will be widened to provide dual left turn lanes and right turn lanes. The intersections will look and operate like the MarshlBelt Line intersection that the Town improved
a couple of years ago. The work will be done at night in order to minimize the impact on traffic. TxDOT will be bidding the project in July and construction should start in October.
The projects will be constructed at the same time and should be completed in March 1998. The total project cost is approximately $2,300,000. 
AIRPORT WATER AND WASTEWATER REPLACEMENT PROJECT JANUARY 1997 The existing water and sanitary sewer lines on the east side of the airport are being replaced from the Collins Hangers
to Glenn Curtis Drive. These lines were constructed in the 1960's and were identified for replacement in the Town's Water and Wastewater Master Plans prepared last year. The old clay
tile sanitary sewer has grade and capacity problems. The ductile iron water line has been severely damaged from electrolysis in the soil and has had numerous breaks in the last couple
of years. The project is presently under design. Construction should start this summer and be completed by the end of the year. The estimated project cost is approximately $1.1 million.

i _.' 􀁾􀁾􀁩􀁾􀁾􀀿􀁩􀁜􀀺􀀻􀂷􀁟􀁾... In order to provide an additional east-west thoroughfare through Addison, the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel will connect Keller Springs Road from Addison
Road to Midway Road. Drivers will be able to travel from Carrollton to the Tollway without driving on Belt Line Road with 60,000 other cars per day. O"'ller: North Texas Tollway Authority
Project Manager: Brown and Root Contractor: H.B. Zachry (General), ZachrylMonterey (Tunnel) Joint Effort: To maximize the impact ofthe tunnel a number of improvements were done along
the Keller Springs corridor to create an additional route from Preston Road across Interstate 35 into Coppell. • City of Dallas -Intersection improvements at Keller Springs and Preston
Road. • City of Carrollton -Realignment of Keller Springs I Marsh Lane and intersection improvements. • Town of Addison -Intersection improvements and right-of-way dedication. Schedule:
Notice To Proceed: June 24, 1997 Estimated Opening: February 1999 Proj ect Cost: Right Of Way $3,500,000 Engineering $2,000,000 Tunnel Construction $14,000,000 Toll Plaza $1,100,000
Signage & Surveillance $1,000,000 Contingency $2,000,000 Tunnel users will pay a 50 cent toll at the toll plaza located just east of Midway Road. Toll tags will be accepted. Projected
Traffic Volumes: Year 1 (1999),11,000 Cars Per Day, Estimated Revenue $2,007,500 Year 3 (2001), 14,000 Cars Per Day, Estimated Revenue $2,555,000 
Tunnel Statistics: Length: 1600 Feet Width: 39 Feet Height: 28 Feet Maximum Depth: 28 Feet Two 13 Foot Lanes (I each direction) What Supports The Tunnel: The tunnel is excavated in Austin
Chalk, a soft limestone and reinforced by 8 foot long rock bolts drilled into the walls and ceiling of the tunnel. The tunnel was then covered in 6 inches of a sprayed on reinforced
concrete. The final support ofthe tunnel is the 12 inch thick concrete that we see them installing at this time. Safety and Monitoring: When the tunnel is complete Addison emergency
personnel will be able to monitor the tunnel from the dispatch center. The Department of Public Safety will also monitor the tunnel from the toll plaza. Cameras and communication systems
will be installed to help motorists. Air quality is also monitored and maintained througil a ventilation system. 
􀁉􀁉􀁾􀁯􀁩􀀠:;1 Tunnel: Opening next 􀁷􀁥􀁥􀁋􀁾􀀠Continued from Page 1A 􀁲􀁥􀁭􀁡􀁲􀁫􀁳􀀬􀀺􀁾􀀠he continued. HThen the dignitaries walk over 10 a giant switch and throw it." When the
switCh !sthrown, lights in the turinePs roofstream on. officially open.lo11Olll!1􀁾􀀡􀁔􀁴􀁊􀁨􀁲􀁾􀀧􀀱􀀠ing it for business. " 􀁾􀁗􀁴􀁬􀀬􀁬􀁴􀀠2 Contractor a andons Newman Smith By DAPHNE
M. SROWN News Siaff Writer ·.The construction company 􀁥􀁭􀁰􀁬􀁯􀁹􀁥􀁾􀀠by the Carrollton-Farmers -Branch school district through PBK AichiteCll!· for a $4.5 million renovation project
at . Newman Smith High SchooFapparently abandoned the job site without a word to :inyone, according to district personnel. . .. .. S. Hakim Co·nstruction, ·which came· highly recommended
to the 􀁤􀁩􀁳􀁴􀁲􀁩􀁣􀁾􀀠to have vacated· the from left, Scouts Christian Darn, ;ick,Danny McCorkle 􀁡􀁮􀁾􀀠Chris stribute Scouting for Fo.od bags in to gather food for the needy_ )uts
collect ,d for needy :couts and Boy Scouts throughout tl!e will be. ""llectingfood for Ihe huniJry. onbtl' ,. . ,.,.. 􀁾􀁩􀀺􀀮􀁾􀁾􀁢􀁾􀀠6, . SilogIoc<;rybags 􀁬􀁩􀂷􀀺􀀺􀁾􀁚􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾leU). iie!signated.areaS, . ;will'i1lI\ini,to !hi,same :·11lomies·t6"ciJUlect>
;w.tlo;;,;of;foOd·that bl.v.e. f liie;r<isidtii$. . ",·each Scouting dislrict selects the food beneficiaries ofthe donated .. ood stays right in the commUnities· . d: ·The>desigilated
fOQd .bank in, is the Metrocrest Social service Center. site onTues'day, Feb. 2, according to correspondence from PBKAichitects to the district on tIiat same date. Mark Hyatt, assistant
superintendent for support services, said S. Hillam Construction Inc. was most recently employed bi 9-FB in September 1998 and started wOrk on renovatjons to Smith's parking lot and
cafeteria ncar . !he end ofOctober. . ''TI!ey''vt; actuaRy done good Work. We're not sure what the situation is;.' Hyatt said. S. Hakim Construction 􀁨􀁡􀁤􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁾􀁩􀁉􀁾􀁩􀀠ing.lot in
the front ofthe sclioolbJiiiding 􀁡􀁮􀁾􀀠bl!d ed ·construction.on anew kitchen. . . . 'They were makirig a!leqilate progress with jeet with the intention of haying the 'work ""'"pI,OIed
the start ofschool next year;' Hyatt said A letter dated feb: 3, from Dennis McCreary, diree-I tor of faCility. sertices, to.· Hyatt .stated Hakim Construction apParently. abandoned
three other projects, 􀁾􀁥CONTRACTOij,Page 6A ·Soccer field project .too· expenSIve BVOANEAKIN News Staff Writer The cost of building a sevenfield soccer complex on the west side of
the city is now being estimated at $2.4 million, and Mayor Bob Phelps says that 􀁴􀁾􀀠$ L5 million the city council agreed to in September is as high as the dty will go In September.
the FarmersI cars travel in opposite directions on Branch City Council Monday voted the north stretch of the new road as to enter inte an agreement with the:1 thcy do now. . Lake Highlands
Girls ClassiC;: Magnanti indicated that the 'Leagne to <;onstruct a seven-fieldi: new scctl?n ofKeller Springs 􀁷􀁾􀀾􀁵􀁬􀁤􀀠soccer comRiex at Keenan Bridge" be acceptIng four-lane traffic
Within Ro'!!hnd Vailey View Lane in Wesd' the next couple ofweeks_."The conF'arni.e:rs Branch: . . crete needs some curmg time before .. Jeff Harding, a,ssiStant :director: we can open
the road complet_ely.". of·parks and recreation,. said this: The Carrollton road project IS "",ekthat the city and soccer league t also a North Texas Tollway representatives are looking
at ways: Authority undertaking. The new to cut back on the cost of the con-' constructIon removed the east-west siruction ofthe complex while at the: dogleg of the Keller Springs/Marsh
same t.ime the leagne is looking for . additional funds. Sherri Farmer, leagne president, See FIELD, page 11A "Business"· starts the next day. Shelton indicated that regular traffic
starts flowing through the tunnel at some time before afternoon rush hour on Thursday, Feb. 18. "There are always a few odds and ends that need ttl be cleaned up on 􀁾·project this size,"
he said. "And it doesn't make sense for our· wqrkers to have to dodge vehicles while we're putting on the final touches." As they have done on the North Dallas Tollway, the NITA is designating
exclusive 'Toll Tag Only" lanes for the tunnel. "They will be the outside lanes in both directions," he said. Toll on the new shortcut is 50 cents either way. "We expect to handle almost
16,000 vehicles daily by the year 2000," Shelton said, adding that the .tunnel should relieve traffic pressure on Belt Line Road. In conjunction with the tunnel opening, the newly constructed
section of Kcller Springs Road east of Marsh Lane is accepting 􀁴􀁷􀁯􀁾􀁷􀁡􀁹􀀠traffic starting on Feb. 17. "It will start as only oncJane in either direction." said Peter Magnanti,
Carrollton's Superintendent of Construction Inspections. «East and westbound traffic will be split by the median." Separating the traffic by the median eliminates 􀁾􀁡􀁶􀁩􀁮􀁧􀀠􀁩􀁮􀁴􀁃􀁲􀁳􀁥􀁣􀁴􀁩􀁯
􀁮􀁾􀀠makiD;g the drive to ;Irf?I from the tunnel much sttaignter. I" At 34 feet wide, the 1,650-fo<ll' tunnel has a pair.of 13-foot-wide" lanes that are separated by a row cO yellow
traffic buttons imbedded il> the roadway. No· other barrio. between opposing traffic is current.! Iy planned_ .. . ,! At its deepest, the tunnel's floor Sits 56 feet beneath the airport
run' way. The roof is 28 reet under' ground, with another 28 feet fraiii' roof to floor. The entire project w 3,700 feet long from Midway to Addison Roads. :r The $23.6 million jab started
iii June 1997. It was projected for completion around the beginning of 1999. The great building boom ·ii. north Texas led to a shortage of building maferials, especially con:. crete,
$lowing construction on the tunnel and many area projects. 􀁾􀀠. Ironically, the road ·that ran through the airport praperty and the road that runs beneath it share·. common trait. Vi
In 1956, the Keller SpringS Road that crossed what is now the runway was a uA 􀁳􀁱􀁵􀁩􀁲􀁴􀀭􀁴􀁯􀁾􀀮􀁲􀁯􀁡􀁤􀀻􀁾􀀠according to Henry Stuart, chairF man oflhe board ofAddison Airpo,!
of Texas 􀁉􀁮􀁣􀀮􀁾􀀠the airport's manag&! ment company. Stuart is credited as the father ofAddison Airport. " "It was a county-maintained dirt road," he said. "A county higrn, way truck
used to drive over it onc>! in a while and squirt oit on it to 􀁫􀁥􀁥􀁾􀀠down the dust.H When airport con"> struetion started, Dallas Countjl simply closcd the patch of Kell<£ Springs
that was on airport property; splitting the road into (wo sections,,: Now the sections are again COl'!: neetcd, this time by the road 􀁴􀁨􀁾􀀡􀀠i runs beneath -rather than across: 􀁾􀀠-the
airport. The common tra!< .:. that the 1956 and I 999 roads share1 . After 43 years, it is still only a tWQ, " lane road that crosses the property. ; However, Shelton said that tl1J;'
NITA has already purchased a 􀁲􀁩􀁧􀁾􀀱􀀠: of way next to the new tunnel i,fl . order to build another two traffic lanes eventually. . .. ,.,