Plano South | February 2022

IMPROVING MOBILITY ACROSS DFW

UT Dallas Station A 1,205

The 26-mile Dallas Area Rapid Transit Silver Line rail project will span the cities of Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and Plano. Silver Line Rail 15TH ST.

Located in a major student housing area

Estimated daily riders by 2040

14TH ST.

Connects to DART bus lines and walking trails

The University of Texas at Dallas Station

PLANO

K AVE.

CITY LINE BLVD.

RENDERINGS COURTESY DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT

US 75 bridge

WYNDHAM LN.

US 75 bridge B

PGBT TOLL

Cityline/ Bush Station 12th Street Station Shiloh Road Station

RENNER RD.

Construction is planned to begin this summer. This will allow the Silver Line to cross over US 75 between CityLine Drive and Renner Road. The bridge will be constructed at night to reduce disruptions to trac.

SYNERGY PARK BLVD.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

WATERVIEW PKWY.

RICHARDSON

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The Silver Line’s estimated travel time to each station.

Travel time

Cityline/Bush Station C

Surrounded by apartments and dining options 1,240 Estimated daily riders by 2040

Nearly 1,200 parking spaces around the station Connects to DART Red Line, Orange Line and buses

44 minutes to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

7 minutes

4 minutes

5 minutes

Silver Lineproject toadd newmobilityoptions for Plano

Cotton Belt Railroad freight line and has been discussed since the 1990s, according to DART. The west end of the 26-mile line will end at DFW Airport Terminal B, and the east end will stop at the future site of the Shiloh Road Station in Plano. However, DART and Plano ocials said the line could expand farther in the future. The line will add 10 new stations with two in Plano and two in Richardson. In Plano, the Shiloh Road Station will be located at 1101 Shiloh Road, and the 12th Street Station will be located at 1180 12th St. Shattles said construction should begin in Plano on the 12th Street Station by the end of February and will start on the Shiloh Road Station later this year. Addedbenets Peter Braster, Plano’s director of special projects, said the Silver Line

and its two stations coming to Plano are positives for developers looking to build in those areas. Ferro, a high-end apartment devel- opment, is being built at 1005 11th St., adjacent to the future 12th Street Sta- tion. It is expected to open this sum- mer. Eight townhomes are also in the early stages of development nearby on a lot o 10th Street and K Avenue. The 12th Street Station is surrounded by a few vacant lots, a scrapyard and auto mechanic shops. The Shiloh Road Station will be directly anked by two empty lots with industrial and storage facilities nearby. Braster said the city has not laid out an ocial plan to develop around the stations but that the Silver Line has attracted development regardless. “The marketplace took care of it for us,” Braster said. “Historically, [devel- opers] get a little more rent when it’s

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Plano. The Silver Line is mostly paid for through a $908 million federal loan from the U.S. Department of Transpor- tation and some capital nancing pro- grams by DART. The project was originally planned to be complete this year, but DART announced last summer it would be delayed until late 2024. Complications from the COVID-19 pandemic and issues in acquiring land were cited as factors by DART. “The biggest concern we had was [COVID-19],” DART spokesperson Gor- don Shattles said. “It denitely slowed down our entire process.” The line follows the route of the old

As North Texas trac continues to become more congested, regional transportation leaders look to projects such as Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Sil- ver Line as the future of transportation across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Silver Line is a $1.89 billion com- muter rail line being built by DART that will connect Plano travelers to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with an estimated travel time of 60 minutes or less, according to gures released by the transit agency. DART is funded by a $0.01 sales tax from the 13 Dallas-area cities that make up its service area, including

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