Transportation
BY ALEX REECE
5 Teel Parkway Project: The town of Prosper is planning to add lanes to a section of Teel Parkway. Work will include new pavement for a four-lane concrete divided roadway and various improvements such as drainage work, a bridge over the Doe Branch Tributary, new signage and median landscaping and irrigation. Update: Town staff received a design plan update in February and are currently reviewing it. The design phase is expected to end this September. • Timeline: early 2026-summer 2027 • Cost: TBD • Funding source: town of Prosper
7 Arizona Drive Project: Arizona Drive between Walnut Street and Pecan Street will be reconstructed as a two-lane concrete roadway with five-foot sidewalks as part of the city’s Downtown Center construction. The roadwork will be done alongside the Downtown Center parking garage. Update: Celina City Council members approved the cost during a March 11 meeting. • Timeline: spring 2025-fall 2026 • Cost: $947,783 • Funding source : city of Celina 8 Ownsby Parkway Project: The work on Ownsby Parkway to create a new six-lane road includes drainage, lighting, sidewalks and various landscaping improvements. Update: The city turned on the road’s new traffic signal for the first time on March 17. It is expected to become
• Cost: $4.79 million • Funding source: town of Prosper 3 Hillside Drive Project: The city of Celina is looking to remove and replace aging concrete along Hillside Drive. Update: Celina City Council members approved a $57,750 design contract for the project during a March 11 meeting. • Timeline: summer-winter 2025 • Cost: $57,750 • Funding source: city of Celina 4 Downtown road sections (Pecan Street, Illinois Drive and Arizona Drive) Project: Celina is looking to improve multiple pieces of its downtown roads. This project focuses on a section of Pecan Street from Arizona Drive to Florida Drive as well as sections of Illinois Drive from Beech Street to Walnut Street and Arizona Drive from Beech Street to Pecan Street. Work will include reconstructing the pavement. Update: The city is currently reviewing the designs, which are over halfway finished as of March 18, according to the city’s capital improvement projects database. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: $3.12 million • Funding source: city of Celina
Upcoming projects
Celina
1 Gee Road Project: Improvements along Gee Road between US 380 and FM 1385 includes new paving, drainage work and more. Update: The project is currently in its design phase, which is expected to finish in spring 2025, according to the town’s capital improvement project dashboard. The intersection at Gee Road and US 380 reopened in November as part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s US 380 project. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: $21.9 million • Funding source: town of Prosper 2 Craig Road Project: Constructing a modified three-lane commercial couplet from Preston Road to First Street, a modified collector street from First Street to Broadway Avenue, and a rural neighborhood street from Broadway to Fifth Street. Construction will include paving and drainage work, according to Prosper’s capital improvement projects dashboard. Update: The project is expected to go out to bid for a contractor in spring 2026 and begin construction that
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Ongoing projects
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6 First Street Project: Adding lanes to First Street between Stuber Elementary and Dallas Parkway as part of a larger project to increase capacity on the roadway. Update: Town officials closed a portion of Legacy Drive north of First Street on March 21 to expedite construction, which includes finishing the intersection and adding temporary striping ahead of the traffic switch. • Timeline: summer 2023-spring 2025 • Cost: $30.89 million • Funding source: town of Prosper
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fully operational on March 21. • Timeline: fall 2023-early 2025 • Cost: $19 million • Funding source: city of Celina
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PROSPER 950 S Preston Rd (469) 535-5539 LITTLE ELM 27100 Hwy 380 (972) 347-9630
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