Electric Overhead electric (OHE) congestion is prominent at the intersection of IH-35W and East Berry Street. Power Poles are generally less prominent beyond Edgewood Terrace with low OHE instances near Village Creek Drive and again at Waldorf Drive. The overhead utilities impact the visual aesthetics of the corridor and create a heavy concentration of fixed objects and utility poles. Living Systems The East Berry Street study area has multiple parks, such as Cobb Park, which provide a variety of benefits to the community and improve environmental quality. The study area also has green spaces connected to schools and civic institutions, along with vacant lots and associated with floodplains along the corridor. These properties may present opportunities for public use and/or for the dedication of new parks or trails. Another important open space in the study area is Lake Arlington and Eugene McCray Park. Additionally, East Berry Street experiences high urban heat especially where the street interacts with major roadway infrastructure such as IH-35W, and US-287. High urban temperatures are caused by impervious cover such as parking lots, buildings, streets, sidewalks, and other hard surfaces that reflect heat back into the atmosphere, causing urbanized areas to be warmer than surrounding, less developed parts of Fort Worth. Healthy, dense tree canopy and green spaces can help mitigate and reduce temperatures up to 10 degrees cooler.
Congested Overhead Electric on East Berry Street
Lake Arlington
46 | East Berry Corridor Study
Made with FlippingBook interactive PDF creator