NTEMP completed the Master Development Plan under the second P3 agreement in December 2010. Prior to submitting the master plan, NTEMP informed TxDOT that it would act on its option to develop two additional segments of the NTE along I-35W-Segments 3A and 3B extending north from I-30 in downtown Fort Worth to U.S. 287 north of I-820, including managed lane connections with I-820-provided a certain amount of public funding was available.
Ultimately, an 18-mile, $1.73 billion NTE 35W project emerged from the initial Master Development Plan work. Phase II of the NTE comprises three segments, with NTEMP constructing Segment 3A, TxDOT constructing Segment 3B, and NTEMP negotiating with TxDOT on the development of 3C. Plans include capacity improvements similar to Segments 1 and 2A, including the reconstruction of existing general-purpose lanes and the addition of tolled managed lanes. Segment 3A is anticipated to be substantially complete in 2018 and Segment 3B nears substantial completion at the end of 2016. TxDOT felt that it could achieve superior value for money by delivering Segment 3B on a traditional design-bid-build basis, rather than asking NTEMP to deliver it on a design-build basis with its own financing. To maintain continuity along the corridor, NTEMP will operate and maintain Segments 3A and 3B, and ultimately 3C, in an integrated fashion with Segments 1 and 2A.