The Texas Department of Transportation is expected to start collecting tolls July 7 on the DFW Connector TEXpress lanes that stretch four miles on SH 114 from just west of SH 26 to east of International Parkway.

The managed lanes on the Connector opened in the spring. They run parallel to the reconstruction main lanes and frontage roads of the Connector and offer drivers the option to pay a variable toll. Lanes were open at zero cost for a temporary introductory period that allowed TxDOT to continue testing tolling equipment.

The DFW Connector TEXpress Lanes are part of the $1.1 billion project that reached substantial completion at the end of 2013. The project consisted of 8.5 miles of construction across four highways including SH 114 and SH 121, two interchanges and more than three dozen bridges.