FORNEY, Texas — The southern leg of Gateway Boulevard, from Farm-to-Market (FM) 1641 to the Gateway bridge, is nearly complete and, beginning next week, a portion of County Road (CR) 212 will be closed for approximately two weeks to tie in to the new roadway.
FORNEY, Texas — The southern leg of Gateway Boulevard, from Farm-to-Market (FM) 1641 to the Gateway bridge, is nearly complete and, beginning next week, a portion of County Road (CR) 212 will be closed for approximately two weeks to tie in to the new roadway.
Beginning Tuesday, August 30, 2016, CR 212 will be closed at Gateway Boulevard while crews pour the remaining concrete to complete the boulevard and tie into CR 212. the closure is expected for approximately two weeks, according to the City of Forney.
Residents who live on the southern portion of CR 212 who typically would drive north to access U.S. Highway 80 will need to seek an alternate route. Additionally, residents who live along CR 212 will have access to their driveways.
The completion of the CR 212 tie-in is one of the final steps before the southern leg of Gateway Boulevard will be complete. With its completion, Gateway Boulevard will connect FM 1641 to the gateway bridge and north to FM 548.
In a February inForney.com article, a representative of the developer expected the boulevard to be complete by September 2016 to provide access for the 1,850-lot Gateway Parks development which is expected to begin selling the first phase of 100 lots to builders in October 2016. Read more on that story, here.
