BY ALEX REECE
Downtown Frisco parking garage moves toward construction Frisco city officials are making progress toward a new parking garage for The Rail District, a multi- million-dollar project expected to break ground this fall. Frisco City Council members unanimously approved a $333,900 contract for construction materials testing related to the multistory parking garage during an Oct. 15 meeting. Materials testing is part of the overall construc- tion process for the garage, according to meeting documents. Testing will include: • Reinforcing steel inspection • Post-tension pre-pour observations on the elevated slab pours • Concrete placement inspections and testing • Testing for structural masonry work
Police receive $95K for World Cup training Frisco City Council members accepted a $95,000 grant Oct. 15 for the city’s police officers to begin preparing tactical teams for potential 2026 FIFA World Cup scenarios. The grant, which will fund one year of study and training, comes from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and Urban Areas Security Initiative. Frisco’s Toyota Stadium will be a base camp for one of the 48 participating World Cup teams. Frisco Police Sergeant James Willis, who serves as the department’s public information officer, said the grant will fund a customized protective security detail training program. The program will include working with FIFA security and training the department’s special ops team to prepare for high-profile visitors and practices, Willis said.
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Some context The parking garage is currently in its design phase, according to the city’s downtown rede- velopment dashboard. Once built, it will serve as a replacement for the on-street parking being removed from Main Street to make way for Fourth Street Plaza. Constructing the garage is expected to cost $20 million altogether, and was included as a prop- osition in a voter-approved 2023 bond election, according to the city’s website. Funding for the materials testing comes from the same bond, according to meeting documents.
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