Walsh Awarded $169.4M Fort Worth North Bypass Channel Contract
USACE has announced the channel, floodwall and levee award, with major earthmoving expected in early 2027 and completion targeted for 2029.
Walsh Construction Company II has secured a $169,431,703 contract for the North Bypass Channel, a major component of Fort Worth’s Modified Central City Flood Risk Management Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the package September 23 and announced it publicly September 28.
The construction package creates a new flood-conveyance route through an approximately 3,900-foot-long, 300-foot-wide channel. Concrete floodwalls, an earthen levee and associated infrastructure are included.
Project at a Glance
- Owner:
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District
- Prime contractor:
- Walsh Construction Company II
- Local partners:
- Tarrant Regional Water District and City of Fort Worth
- Contract value:
- $169,431,703
- Field mobilization:
- Late winter / early spring 2027
- Target completion:
- 2029
A major civil construction package
The channel forms part of a wider flood-risk reduction program rather than a standalone real-estate development. Its dimensions point to substantial excavation and earthmoving, followed by the flood-protection structures and infrastructure needed to make the new route function.
The award establishes the prime contractor for this package. The construction schedule gives local suppliers and specialist civil trades a clearer view of when major site activity is expected to begin.
Years of enabling work
Local partners have already invested more than $374 million in land acquisition, remediation and utility relocation supporting the broader program. Those expenditures are separate from Walsh’s newly awarded construction contract.
Mobilization remains ahead. The award should not be read as confirmation that the full bypass channel is already under construction or that the wider Central City program is complete.