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    Traffic News

    TxDOT to reveal financial details on Dallas' LBJ East highway project

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 12, 2019 | 3:32 pm
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    LBJ & 75 look so pretty from far away.
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    The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will hold a public hearing to provide details of the financial arrangement for a new roadway expansion in the works called the LBJ East project.

     

    The project will rebuild and widen the 11.2-mile stretch of I-635 starting at US 75 in North Dallas and curving east and south to I-30 in Dallas County. According to a proposal made to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the existing facility is more than 45 years old and has exceeded its design life.

     

    The project will:

     
       
    • include full reconstruction and widening of the highway from eight to 10 general purpose lanes. That means that LBJ's current four lanes in each direction will be expanded to five.
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    • "grandfather" and permit the reconstruction of the existing one tolled-managed lane in each direction, for a total of 12 general-purpose and tolled-managed lanes.
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    • build continuous frontage roads and rebuild the I-635/I-30 interchange.
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    As part of this project, TxDOT also is partnering with the city of Dallas to reconfigure the Skillman/Audelia interchange. That includes improving the aesthetics of the bridge over LBJ Freeway.

     

    Streetsblog calls it a boondoggle, pointing out that adding more lanes does not improve traffic congestion. But in its favor, it will add a continuous frontage road system, which 635 in that area currently does not have, to maintain local access and provide an alternate route during incidents.

     

    The project also includes redoing the I-635/I-30 interchange.

     

    The project is budgeted at $1.74 billion. It was in limbo for a while in the wake of a decision by the Texas Transportation Commission to not include projects with toll roads; but that got resolved with the "grandfathering" of the toll lane that already exists.

     

    It's expected to begin construction in early 2020 and is scheduled for substantial completion by late 2024.

     

    So that's five years of misery for anyone in Mesquite, Garland, Far East Dallas, Casa View, Town East, and Lake Highlands. Maybe throw in Rowlett and Sunnyvale while you're at it.

     

    Steps taken so far include choosing a developer, Pegasus Link Constructors. The design and construction will be handled by a joint venture between Fluor Corp. and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc.

     

    Dear Fluor and Balfour, when you redo the 635/30 interchange, pleeeease pretty please make it better than the horrendous 35/30 interchange, with its confusing meandering, lack of proper signage, and utter failure at successfully moving traffic from 35 to 30 East. Whoever designed that should never design roads again.

     

    This public hearing is the final step before construction.

     

    It will be held on July 18, at the Highlands Oaks Church of Christ, 10805 Walnut Hill Ln., with an open house from 6-7 pm and a formal presentation at 7 pm.

     
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    Fentanyl News

    Collin County D.A. scores first conviction for fentanyl murder

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 15, 2025 | 9:21 am
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    Collin County's District Attorney scored its first murder prosecution under a new fentanyl law in the state of Texas. According to a relase from Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis, a jury sentenced Gregory Noah Honesty, 27, of Dallas, to 38 years in prison for murder following the fentanyl death of a young woman in Blue Ridge.

    On November 19, 2023, Collin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an overdose call in Blue Ridge where they found a young woman who was unresponsive. Despite multiple doses of Narcan, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Narcotics investigators responded to the scene due to drug paraphernalia and fentanyl pills found by responding emergency personnel.

    Digital trail
    Honesty was tracked down using phone records, Instagram messages, CashApp transactions, and cell phone location data. Investigator Joshua Duncan located messages setting up the transaction, followed by a payment from the deceased to Honesty. Location data showed the deceased traveling from Collin County to a Dallas location that was sent to her by Honesty on Instagram Messenger. Following the sale of the fentanyl, the cell phone data showed the victim drove back to her home in Blue Ridge, where she was found deceased less than 24 hours later.

    New fentanyl law
    This case marked Collin County’s first-ever murder conviction under Texas' new law allowing fentanyl delivery resulting in death to be prosecuted as murder. The jury heard evidence that Honesty had been dealing drugs since 2017, and that he continued selling fentanyl after he posted his bond in May 2024.

    Honesty’s bond was revoked in September of 2024 after Grayson County arrested him on five new charges of drug dealing, and Honesty remained in custody leading up to trial this month.

    After convicting Honesty of first-degree murder, the jury assessed punishment at 38 years in prison (range: 5–99 years or life).

    Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Alex Oestreich and Ashlyn Scott prosecuted the case, assisted by DA Investigator Sarah Putman and Victim Assistance Coordinator Jill Moore. Judge Andrea Thompson presided over the case.

    “While no sentence can bring this promising young woman back, this conviction sends a clear message: If you deal fentanyl and someone dies, you will be prosecuted for murder," said DA Greg Willis in a statement.

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