Development
BY COLBY FARR
Business 121 Corridor plan aims to improve safety, aesthetics
Lewisville officials have a new plan to improve safety and aesthetics along the Business 121 corridor that runs through the city. In a nutshell Lewisville City Council members unanimously voted to adopt the Business 121 Corridor Plan during a Jan. 27 meeting. The plan includes 12 goals with actionable strategies to improve mobility and economic vitality along the 8.4-mile stretch of road through Lewisville, according to a staff report. Council’s action caps an initiative that started in July 2023 when the city hired Halff Associates to develop the plan. The final version presented to council includes 72 actionable items related to three themes, Planning Manager Michele Berry said. The three key themes in the plan include: • Mobility
• Quality of place • Economic vitality
Improvement sites
After council action, staff will begin working on implementing the plan’s action items, Berry said. “We’re getting a key group together to work on implementing this plan so that we can start to see some of this work come to fruition,” she said. The details A copy of the Business 121 Corridor Plan can be accessed on the Jan. 27 meeting agenda. The plan includes four chapters that break down a vision, concept plan and strategies for the corridor, Berry said. The plan also highlights three catalytic sites along the corridor that have the potential to acti- vate redevelopment and economic growth along the corridor, according to a staff presentation. The sites were included with different scenarios for how those areas could be developed in the future,
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according to the report. Actionable items are separated across 12 goals and include time frames and expected costs, Berry said. Some items are bolded in the plan because they were identified as priorities by members of the Corridor Advisory Committee, City Council, and Planning and Zoning Commission, she said. “I’m ready to get this ball rolling,” Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ronni Cade said of the plan.
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