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BY HANNAH JOHNSON
BY COLBY FARR & CONNOR PITTMAN
FISD arts center work to start in March
Funding for high- speed rail approved Dallas-Fort Worth’s Regional Trans- portation Council approved up to about $1.1 million Dec. 14 for scope and budget adjustments related to the DFW High-Speed Transportation Connections Study. The gist The action gives sta from the North Central Texas Council of Governments the ability to adjust the study’s scope and budget, Senior Program Manager Dan Lam- ers said. The study, which was initiated in 2020, proposes a high-speed rail along I-30 from Fort Worth to Dallas with a stop near Arlington’s entertainment district. As the project moves into the National Environmental Policy Act process, sta can make adjustments to respond to re nements that may be suggested, Lamers said.
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Construction on the project is expected to begin in March 2024 with the facility opening in the rst quarter of 2026, the presentation states. The facility will be located at the corner of Legendary Drive and Stockard Drive near Hunt Middle School, said Nathan Huette, a representative from Corgan. “I look forward to having ... a larger space where we don’t have to sell out [shows] so quickly and more people have the opportunity to see the amazing things happening in Frisco ISD’s ne arts,” board President Dynette Davis said.
“This facility is a legacy of support that will forever remain in the hearts and minds of ne arts students and teachers in this district,” Fine Arts’ Managing Director Preston Hazzard said in the meeting. District voters approved a $691 million bond package in November 2018, with $43 million of that designated for a ne arts facility that includes an auditorium and gallery space.
Frisco ISD o cials have previewed the rst renderings of a new visual and performing arts center for the district, which will start construction in March. The district’s board of trustees were presented the project details during a Dec. 11 board meeting by representatives of Corgan Architects.
A new city ordinance that lowered the speed limit along Preston Road in Plano took e ect Dec. 28.
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Speed limit reduced on Preston Road
Preston Road in northern Plano. Plano City Council adopted an ordinance during its Sept. 26 meeting to lower the speed limit to 45 mph from 55 mph. The context According to a memo provided to council, city engineering sta found the request to lower the speed limit, which resulted from the TxDOT engi- neering study, was warranted. Per the memo, the speed limit along Preston Road between Legacy Drive and SH 121 had remained unchanged from 55 mph since 1989.
The speed limit along a Plano segment of Preston Road between Legacy Drive and SH 121 has been lowered following a tra c study conducted by the Texas Department of Transportation. According to a Dec. 28 Facebook post by the Plano Police Department, TxDOT crews replaced existing speed limit signs within the segment of
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The visual and performing arts center was approved by voters in a 2018 bond program.
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PLANO 5930 West Park Blvd (972) 250-0500
ALLEN 1839 N Central Expressway (972) 908-3488
EAST PLANO 3404 N Central Expressway (972) 423-6688
COIT ROAD 1453 Coit Rd (972) 867-2821
PLANO NORTH 5420 State Hwy 121 (469) 687-2581
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