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BY JACQUELYN BURRER
Celina council reviews plans for $179M downtown street work City Manager Robert Ranc said completing all-concrete downtown streets within roughly a decade would likely require removing other projects from the city’s capital plan. N. LOUISIANA DR. Potential reconstruction plan
Celina city officials are discussing how to rebuild downtown streets as part of a long-term effort to address worsening road conditions and drainage issues. At their Dec. 9 meeting, Celina City Council members reviewed preliminary funding scenar- ios for downtown street reconstruction but did not take any action, instead opting to schedule a future special meeting to further discuss the potential financial impacts. What happened Assistant City Manager Kimberly Brawner said the city’s long-term goal is to convert all down- town streets to concrete while also addressing drainage issues. As staff review the city’s five-year capital improvement plan, they are seeking council’s guidance on how the projects should be funded and how long the city is willing to take to complete the construction work.
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Brawner said rebuilding all downtown streets in concrete would involve 13 separate projects and would cost an estimated $179 million if constructed today whereas spreading the work over 13 years would cost about $237 million due to inflation and rising construction costs. What they’re saying Mayor Ryan Tubbs said staff could potentially rearrange some of the city’s capital projects, such as improvements along Legacy Drive and Parvin Road, which are currently on hold. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Brandon Grumbles said he would prefer construction begin closer to downtown and expand outward to reduce impacts on local businesses. He also noted heavy rainstorms have been “tearing up” downtown
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properties’ foundations and would prefer drainage work to be done simultaneously. “We don’t want to have … what’s happening here in Frisco [happen in Celina] where businesses are having to shut down in nine or 10 years from now,” Grumbles said.
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