Originally Published on May 13, 2026 by The City of Fort Worth
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently accepting contractor bids for the Fort Worth Central City North Bypass Channel construction project. Offers are due in June with an anticipated contract award date later this year in September.
The North Bypass Channel is the first major flood risk mitigation component of the Central City project going into construction. The North Bypass Channel will be 3,900 feet long and 300 feet wide. The soft side is a levee system, and the hard side is a flood wall with a pedestrian bridge that will link both sides. The soft side will have several maintenance trails and ramps, and the hard side will consist of an upper and lower promenade, maintenance trails and several stair and ramp access points.
The Central City Flood Control project has various components, including a bypass channel, three flood gates, one pump station, two dams and floodwater storage sites to provide flood risk functions along the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River.
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