There's good news and good news about traffic congestion on the Bush Turnpike.

The good news is, work to widen the turnpike to four lanes in each direction between U.S. 75 and the Dallas North Tollway is finished.

The other good news is that the North Texas Tollway Authority's board of directors has approved two contracts to widen the heavily used roadway elsewhere. A fourth lane in each direction will be added from Interstate 35E to the Dallas North Tollway and from U.S. 75 (Central Expressway) to State Highway 78 in Garland.

The board approved a $26.3 million, 21/2-year contract with SEMA Construction for the work from I-35E to the Dallas North Tollway and a $13.2 million, two-year contract with Webber LLC for the other segment.

Construction on both portions is expected to start this summer and be completed by late 2019.

Other Bush Turnpike projects slated for construction, but still in the planning phases, are an added lane in each direction from north of Belt Line Road in Irving to I-35E in Carrollton; an added lane in each direction from State Highway 183 to Interstate 30; and an added lane in each direction from I-30 to Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie.