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BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH & CODY THORN
Colleyville secures $12.6M agreement for Cheek-Sparger Road Colleyville City Council approved an advanced funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to help pay for the reconstruction of Cheek-Sparger Road at the Feb. 17 meeting. The overview The agreement will help pay the costs related to reconstructing Cheek-Sparger Road into a two-lane undivided road and adding turn lanes at unsafe intersections, sidewalks and shared-use paths from Bedford Road to Heritage Avenue. Additionally, a traffic signal will be installed at the intersection of Martin Parkway and Cheek-Sparger Road. The total cost for these improvements is antici- pated to be $33 million, and the advanced funding agreement will pay for $12.6 million of the project.
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD OKs search firm Grapevine-Colleyville ISD selected search firm Walsh Gallegos to help find a new superintendent at a special meeting Feb. 3. The firm is the legal counsel for nearly 500 districts, including GCISD, per a district news release. “We have a broad reach and that does help us in our superintendent search,” said Bola Ibidapo, an associate with Walsh Gallegos. What you need to know GCISD appointed Rick DeMasters as its interim superintendent in December after Brad Schnautz resigned in November and took a position as executive director of the Region 11 Education Service Center. District officials anticipate candidate interviews will start March 24, with a hire for board approval presented April 27.
Funding agreement breakdown
$10 million from North Central Texas Council of Governments $2.5 million from U.S. Rep.
Beth Van Duyne’s office $51,312 from the state
SOURCE: CITY OF COLLEYVILLE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
As part of the agreement, Colleyville is paying $931,250 to TxDOT. Currently, the project is in the preliminary design phase, and as the project gets more fleshed out, a better cost estimate for construction will be available, City Manager Jerry Ducay said. Con- struction could begin in late 2027 or 2028. “[City officials are] going to continue to be pursuing funding [for Cheek-Sparger] for many years,” Ducay said.
Southlake council approves church expansion
White's Chapel Methodist Church
was required due to plans to add a third story and an additional 10,273 square feet in the future to the Education Building B, according to city documents. Further construction includes a contemporary worship facility, and a structure approved Dec. 2 for replacing a classroom facility and maintenance building.
Southlake City Council approved expansion plans for White’s Chapel Methodist Church, during the Feb. 3 meeting. The details Phase 1 of the project includes a two-story addition to the Youth Activity Center, with 17,337 square feet added on the north side of the existing Children’s Education Building. A zoning change
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