Transportation
First Street makes headway as new lanes open to traffic
Work to add capacity to Prosper’s First Street is on schedule, officials said. Two new lanes at the First Street and Dallas Parkway intersection in Prosper opened to drivers in mid-August, one of many projects widening the road to keep up with the town’s growth. “With the growth, we can’t get [the projects] done soon enough,” Prosper Engineering Director Hulon Webb said. The big picture The work to widen First Street was split between multiple projects totaling more than $98 million in bond funds tackling different road segments:
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years because of drivers being diverted away from roadwork on US 380, Webb said. The highway has been under construction as part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s efforts to add freeway infrastructure to keep up with growth. “That [road] does help provide some relief in the interim while the Texas Department of Transpor- tation is doing construction on US 380,” Webb said. Residents can find updates on the First Street projects at the town’s project dashboard.
Some of the segments have already finished, including from Coit Road to Custer Road and Teel Parkway to Gee Road, according to the town’s capital improvement projects dashboard. The new lanes that opened in mid-August were part of the Stuber Elementary to Dallas Parkway section, which is slated to finish in mid-2025. Diving deeper Aside from its main use as a direct line through Prosper, First Street has seen more traffic in recent
• 2020-24: Coit Road to Custer Road • 2022-24: Teel Parkway to Gee Road
• 2023-25: Stuber Elementary to Dallas Parkway • 2024-26: Dallas Parkway to Coleman Street • 2027-29: Coleman Street to Craig Road
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