The Texas Department of Transportation has offered to purchase the last eleven (11) feet of the Brentwood exit alley for the Diamond Exchange expansion of Highway 183. The July 2009 offer was $2,546.00. The Association countered with $26,916.00 on December 4, 2009. On February 3, 2010, TxDOT rescinded the offer to Beverly Oaks along with 18 other offers and put the project on hold due to budget problems. This is the second time the SH 183/Loop 12 project has been put on hold. In 2005 offers were made and rescinded on this same project. At this time 13 parcels have been purchased, 6 have been condemned, and 19 have been rescinded.


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Transaction Approved by Owners: A special homeowners meeting was held on November 14 at 10 A.M. at 2023 Wilshire Lane, Irving, TX  75061 (the community meeting place/garages) to vote. 70% of the homeowners voted to approve the transaction. Special thanks to Rodney Lehman and Randy Ranew for their door to door effort in collecting proxies/votes.

Bylaws: Approval of sixty-seven percent (67%) of the owners is required to do a land transaction.

Counterproposal: The cost of renovations to the Association's exit alley once the new highway is in will exceed the $2,546 (This price per square foot is the same that is being offered to the dealerships (highest and best use). As such, the Association has asked for additional compensation to make the following changes:

~	create a cutaway on the screening wall so that exiting drivers and oncoming traffic visibility of the exiting vehicle when it is 20 foot back from the road
~	relocate the traffic spikes 35 feet from the roadway (enough to accommodate a pickup with a trailer),
~	relocate the electric sign,
~	relocate the power utilities, and
~	add additional warning signage.

We do not yet have confirmation that our road has access to the service road, or how much of a downward slope there will be. Access will be included as a condition of sale.

The negotiation process only provided for us to make a single counter offer and it must be fact based and supported by drawings, quotes, etc. We had requested six 30 day extensions for gathering information, scheduling a special meeting of the owners, and to understanding the process. The last extension expired December 9, 2009. The counter was submitted on December 7th.

The counter proposal requests the relocation of the traffic spikes and modifications to the West wall so that a pickup and trailer accidently pulling onto the drive can pull completely off the road and have visibility to then back out.




Good News: The Boards Interpretation of the drawings is that the highway will be at ground level north of the complex. We hope this is true as it would mean that we will not have immediate noise issues that affect quality of life/property values. There is no sound wall planned for this area.

It appear that the highway does not rise to housetop level until it reaches Darr Equipment. Our trees on the north and east side of the community will be important in screening the visual and the sound. There are discussions about building an outlet mall on Tom Braniff Drive but nothing had been “inked” as of today (August 2009).

Disappointment: Our access to the highways will change. The service roads will form a large box around Texas stadium land. Anyone leaving from the back community exit will be able to go in all 4 directions (north, south, east, west). The corner of the box will have traffic lights. It appears that we will have to navigate two traffic lights and drive a mile and a quarter on the service roads before we can get onto 183 eastbound (at Grauwyler) or 482 northbound.

On the north side of 183, most of the businesses will be removed from Carl to O'Connor including Taco Bell, Whataburger10/27/09, the strip center, etc.

On the south side of 183, both gas stations at Carl Road will be removed as will the Public Storage property. Mc Donalds will remain, but be altered. The dealerships will also remain.

Texas Stadium was demolished in April 2010 (implosion).

Overview: The Diamond Interchange is $518 million expansion that will transforming how motorists maneuver through state highways 114 and 183, Loop 12 and Spur 482. Currently, motorists must exit highway or use cloverleafs to get from one highway to another. The Diamond Interchange will add direct connections to the main lanes of all the highways surrounding the stadium site.

The highway will be part toll road, part freeway, part local road. In the center of the complex will be a two lane (in both directions) toll road with shoulders, guard rails, etc. (see red arrows). Outside of that will be four lane (in both directions) freeway (see yellow arrows). On the outside of that will be a 3-4 lane local service road (see green arrows).


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The Diamond Interchange will be a “High Five” similar to that at connecting I635 and State High 75 in Richardson. From the drawings, the highest points of the highway will be just east and just south of 76 acre Texas Stadium property and appears to be as high as 90 feet. We do not think it will be visible from the community.

Association Counter offer ------------------------------------------------------>
Proxy: Download your proxy
e-mail: Questions submitted to TxDOT/TxDOT answers
e-mail: City of Irving Set Back Recommendations
TxDOT:: Offer to purchase land for $2,546.00
Blog: Share your thoughts
News: Up to the Minute Road Construction Information
Complete Drawings of the Highway Improvements

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