BY SAMANTHA DOUTY CONTRIBUTIONS BY JACQUELYN BURRER
The bottom line
Some context
Funding for the $23 million project comes from city bonds and from Denton County. Within the county, the $7.5 million for the project is coming from its 2022 bond. Frisco will fund the remaining estimated $15.5 million through past bonds. Because Frisco identi ed Lebanon Road as one of its top infrastructure priorities, the two local governments agreed to share the costs, Denton County Commissioner Ryan Williams said. “We’re behind the eight ball when it comes to infrastructure ahead of all the development that’s going on and all the people that are moving here,” he said.
In Denton County, the population has grown over 38% from 2014 to 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Frisco has grown between 5% and 7% annually during that same time. “We have so many people moving to Denton County, and they don’t get to bring their roads with them,” Williams said. Because of the growth in Frisco, Brodigan said his department never runs out of things to do because roads are always needing to be updated or expanded. The Lebanon project will be completed in three phases, though speci c timelines for each phase are not available, Brodigan said. “[Lebanon] had started to reach the tra c thresholds that we look for to widen to six lanes, and it’s also an older road that showed some signs of needing reinvestment, so the two things combined is why now,” Brodigan said. “We’re trying to get a little bit more reliable commutes for everyone.”
“We cannot continue to build. There’s not a lot of thoroughfares left that
need to be widened to six lanes. ... So, we’re going to have to be smart about how we move people.” JASON BRODIGAN, FRISCO’S ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR
The new lanes will be added by using the space from the median instead of adding lanes to the outside portion of the road, Brodigan said. When Lebanon was rst constructed, a larger median was made with the intention of cutting into it to widen the roadway.
Project funding City of Frisco: $15.5M Denton County: $7.5M
Total: $23M
SOURCE: CITY OF FRISCO COMMUNITY IMPACT
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