Prosper - Celina Edition | March 2024

Transportation

BY ALEX REECE

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Celina

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Because emergencies enjoy nice weather, too.

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Flower beds are being added along a section of Preston Road in Celina.

COURTESY CITY OF CELINA

Alleyway construction, owerbed additions planned in Celina

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approximately 18 days once designs are nished, according to meeting documents. The project is part of the overall Downtown Inner Loop project. What else? 2 Construction to install ower beds along a section of Preston Road should start this fall, ocials said. The project is partially funded by a $600,000 grant from the Texas Department of Transportation and $700,000 in park fees, Parks and Recreation Director Cody Webb said.

Two road-related projects are underway in Celina. The breakdown 1 A concrete alleyway to go behind the Granny’s Bakery on Colorado Street is in its design phase, city sta said. The new alley will run between Pecan Street and Beech Street and is part of the Downtown Inner Loop project, according to an update at a Feb. 13 Celina City Council meeting. Building the alley is expected to cost $73,588 and should take

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First Street project on track for 2024

One of Prosper’s First Street projects is almost completed, according to the town’s capital improvement projects dashboard. The details This project increasing lanes from two to four lanes along First Street spanning from Coit Road to Custer Road. Contractors broke ground on the $27.26 million

project in October 2022 and began installing median irrigation in February 2024, according to the dashboard.

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