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Trinity River Promenade_970_18BIG GREEN - PANTHER ISLAND Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth’s Panther Island Dream Gets More Real with $403M Federal Funding

by | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend $403 million on the final design and build of a 1.5-mile flood-control bypass channel, which will reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth—and create Panther Island. Fort Worth hopes the 800-acre island will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district, connecting downtown Fort Worth to the city’s cultural district and the Stockyards.
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