Lewisville - Coppell | January 2024

From the cover

Corporate Drive extension set to create new thoroughfare

BY CODY THORN

What they’re saying

Looking ahead

The overview

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TRINITY DR.

Segment 4: not awarded

Segment 2: starting 2024

Segment 3: starting 2024

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Lewisville on segment ve. The Corporate Drive expansion project will connect Flower Mound to Plano without drivers needing to use a toll road, Lewisville ocials said. “It strongly connects our Castle Hills neighborhood to the rest of Lewisville,” Gilmore said. Dates to know February 2024: Work scheduled to begin on segments two and three. March/April 2024: Lewisville City Council expected to review, award bid for work needed on segments four and ve. August 2026: Segments two and three expected to be completed. 2026-27: Segments four and ve estimated to be completed.

Salmon said Corporate Drive could also provide relief on Round Grove Road or give drivers an alternate route to Business 121 in case of trac incidents. Segments two and three will deliver a four-lane divided roadway and include a 2,000-foot-long bridge across the Trinity River. These segments will be nished by 2027, city ocials said. However, Sundt ocials said segments two and three are projected to be completed several months earlier than the city’s timeline calls for it to be done. Segments four and ve would connect to Carrollton Parkway, which would eventually turn into Windhaven Parkway near the Castle Hills area. Construction could start as soon as 2025. The city of Carrollton will work with

Segment 7: completed

Segment 6: completed

The project’s original construction dates back to 2006 for what is now segments six and seven, which were completed near Castle Hills and Windhaven. Segment one was nished in 2013. Plans for the last four segments started more than a decade ago, Lewisville Mayor TJ Gilmore said. A bulk of the funding has came through the North Central Texas Council of Governments regional toll revenues. The rst funding was $40 million in 2010, but the estimated cost rose to $50 million in 2020. An agreement between Lewisville and the council of governments had a December deadline to award the contract for segments two and three, according to documents. Sundt’s winning bid includes funding for possible contingency issues or change orders that may arise during construction work. Gilmore said it’s been a partnership between

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“This road [will oer] tremendous advantages for businesses, making them easily within reach of a broader audience and fostering continued economic growth.” LORI FICKLING, LEWISVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CEO

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WINDHAVEN PKWY.

CARROLLTON PKWY.

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PARKER RD.

Segment 5: not awarded

HEBRON PKWY.

Segment 1: completed

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railroads for a bridge to cross over the Trinity River. Another hurdle has been the need for environmental studies of the wetlands and bodies of waters surrounding the project. “It’s a major east-west spine for the community,” Gilmore said. “When you talk about roadways for people to get from point A to point B, this unlocks lands and property that [is] so accessible that it makes it commercially viable to do something with it.”

the city, Denton County and the council of governments to make the project come to fruition, despite the delays that have happened over the years. “It’s been an extremely long process,” Gilmore said. “It’s been in our master roadway plan for many years, but as far as this actual construction, it’s been over a decade.” Jerey C. Neal, senior program manager with the council of governments, said hurdles have included working with the Army Corps of Engineers and

“To have an additional route is going to be very helpful. This will oer a parallel route and really a more direct route between a number of critical destinations.”

JEFFREY C. NEAL, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

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