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Fort Worth to partially reopen downtown street closed by explosion at Sandman Hotel

July 15,2024

See full Fort Worth Star-Telegram article by Harrison Mantas here.

A portion of West Eight Street closed in January after the Sandman Hotel explosion could reopen later this month.

The section between Houston and Throckmorton Street could open as early as July 22, according to a city of Fort Worth blog post, however, the city is working with a contractor hired by the hotel to see if the timeline can be moved up.

The city has provided $137,000 in economic development grants to businesses along the closed section of West Eighth Street.

Several worried about the lack of foot traffic impacting their businesses. The downtown business advocacy nonprofit Downtown Fort Worth Inc. launched a social media campaign to support businesses impacted by the blast.

The Sandman’s contractor First on Site has completed temporary repairs of the street, and will open one lane of traffic as soon as it installs steel plates to protect the pit closest to the blast site, the city’s blog post said.

A reopening date for the hotel has not been determined, the city blog post said.

Location Mentioned: Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel