Lancaster Avenue Reconstruction Progress

Slowly but surely, the reconstruction of Lancaster Avenue in downtown is proceeding. In a nutshell, the project’s goal is to return Lancaster to the pedestrian friendly four lane road it was before the I-30 Overhead was built, rather than the high-speed eight lane traffic sewer it turned in to. The southern half of the “modern” Lancaster has been torn out and replaced by a smaller four lane road featuring wide sidewalks and on-street parking, with a median to be landscaped and decorated with abstract metal sculptures inspired by the architecture of the Texas & Pacific/Post Office complex the street runs in front of. The northern half of the road will then be closed and sold off to developers wishing to building pedestrian friendly mixed-use development along the new, smaller road.

The roadway itself seems to be nearing completion, and now we’re starting to see the details being filled in. As you can see from the photo above, brand-new lighting is going up all along the new Lancaster. The project seems to be finally coming together, and we’re really anxious to get the new road open, close off the old one, and get moving on attracting new, properly urban development along what hopefully will become again the grand avenue it once was.