BY SHELBIE HAMILTON CONTRIBUTIONS BY DUSTIN BUTLER & SAMANTHA DOUTY
Zooming out
Daugherty said the county is facing a challenge to provide necessary transportation infrastructure for both residents of cities in Collin County, as well as residents in unincorporated parts of the county. The county has little control over development that occurs outside of city limits, which can lead to high-density developments that create space for more residents than county officials estimated, Daugherty said. “We’ve got so much growth in the last three years outside of the cities,” he said. As a result of growth throughout the county, US 380 is expected to see 114,400 drivers daily by 2050, according to TxDOT documents. “When you see that Dallas County is 2.5 mil- lion [people], Tarrant County is about 2 million [people], and we’re going to be that size, and you look at the number of freeways in those counties, and what we have ... The problem is obvious,” Daugherty said.
Freeway and highway infrastructure Collin County Population: 1,079,153 Tarrant County Population: 2,113,854 Dallas County Population: 2,604,053 Denton County Population: 914,870
75
377
35
121
288
160
380
380
DNT TOLL
287
35E
SRT TOLL
377
78
121
75
114
PGBT TOLL
114
635
35W
30
199
360
635
12
161
80
820
30
35E
820
30
20
20
45
175
377
287
35W
67
342
SOURCES: 2022 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, US CENSUS BUREAU/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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Looking ahead
Portions of the roadway will proceed at various times, with sections being deemed “ready to let,” meaning conditions are met to allow the project to be bid on, according to TxDOT’s website.
Utility work has to come first along with that funding. The Collin County Commissioner’s Court committed $227 million in funding assistance for affected cities to assist with the cost of necessary utility relocation. The first US 380 construction project is set to be awarded in 2027, Schein said. “Construction–it gets worse before it gets better,” Daugherty said.
Adam Tillery, owner of Menchie’s in Windsong Ranch Marketplace, said traffic on US 380 is a significant problem, which has negatively impacted his business as fewer drivers are traveling to the yogurt shop from the west. Once construction is complete, Tillery said he thinks it will be a benefit to his business and the community.
Frisco and Prosper section - Ready to let: 2026 McKinney section - Ready to let: 2027 Spur 399 - US 380 to US 75 - Ready to let: 2026 Princeton section - Ready to let: 2027 Farmersville section - Ready to let: 2026
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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