Jayden Rodriguez of Dallas rode the Trinity Skyline Trail on Thursday. It’s part of a 66-mile east-west trail network due to open in 2024. (Shafkat Anowar/Staff Photographer)

INFRASTRUCTURE

Discover D-FW’s next big trail
By SARAH BAHARI
Special Contributor

A new sprawling pedestrian and cycling trail that will span Dallas to Fort Worth now has a name.

Welcome, DFW Discovery Trail.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

This spring, the North Central Texas Council of Governments narrowed the name to two possibilities — DFW Discovery Trail and DFW Trinity Trail — and asked people to vote online.

In a nail-biter, DFW Discovery Trail won with 51% of the vote.

A ‘SUPER HIGHWAY’

North Texas leaders and transportation planners have described the trail as a sort of “super highway” that will promote healthy living, reduce traffic congestion and draw tourism for events like races. Completion of the 66-mile trail, which will link Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving and Grand Prairie, is expected in early 2024.

CONNECTING TRAILS

Once complete, DFW Discovery Trail will connect existing smaller trails, including the Trinity Skyline Trail in Dallas, Fort Worth Trinity Trails, Campion Trail in Irving and River Legacy Trail in Arlington. More than 50 miles of the trail have already opened.

HOW MUCH?

So far, the trail has cost roughly $41 million, which includes a combination of local, state and federal dollars. A spokesman for the North Central Texas Council of Governments said an estimate for the remaining pieces of the trail is not yet known.