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OVERVIEW: STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND

The Street Improvement Fund sustains and optimizes the structural life of the City's roadways in
the most effective manner, provides preventive maintenance to existing concrete and asphalt
streets, and develops capital projects for major street construction. Additionally, the Street
Improvement Fund provides quality parks, open spaces, and trails to enhance the quality of life
for residents.

Kennedale leverages resources by working with TxDOT and Tarrant County. Street rehabilitation
is performed by Tarrant County Precinct 2 under an Inter-Local Agreement, wherein the city
pays for the materials and the county provides the labor and equipment. Also, if funding is
available, and if we qualify, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) provides
grants for sidewalks and crosswalks via the Safe Routes to Schools program; e.g. Crestdale
neighborhood, which we anticipate going into construction in early 2024.

Little School Road was included in a voter-approved Tarrant County Transportation bond
package. This extension will not only provide access for future development but increase
connectivity and traffic movement and strengthen emergency response by providing an above-
grade railroad crossing to allow access to the western portion of the City and portions of the
extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

Included in this budget are two new full-time positions and an additional $127,000 in Street
Maintenance.

SHORT-TERM GOALS

 Continue partnership for professional services to include interlocal agreements with Tarrant
County Precinct 2 for asphalt street rehabilitation, pavement markings and drainage ditch
improvements
 Complete the “Safe Route to School” Project, Crestwood Neighborhood, by mid-2024
 Continue to conduct right-of-way, water, sanitary sewer and stormwater inspections
 Invest in an annual concrete pavement panel replacement contract
 Invest in a pavement asset management system, to assess and improve our pavement
network system condition
 Install “Story Walk” along Sonora Park
 Obtain a commercial grade, heavy duty gas powered 96” cut mower
 Add at least one additional public works technician member to our current staff

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