Transportation
BY COLBY FARR & CONNOR PITTMAN
DNT TOLL Traffic-guiding infrastructure replacements are ongoing along Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. The city is paying A&M Maintenance Services Inc. $79,000 to replace buttons and reflectors, which are used to safely guide traffic throughout the day, on Spring Creek Parkway between Parker Safety improvements underway on Spring Creek Parkway
DART testing Silver Line in Plano Residents in Richardson and Plano may see the new Silver Line vehicles when Dallas Area Rapid Transit begins testing a portion of the track in July. Segmented testing is expected to wrap up in early 2025. The gist DART officials began testing Silver Line vehicles July 21 on a portion of track running between Plano and Richardson. The vehicles will run the full route from Shiloh Road Station in Plano to Coit Road in Dallas. During the tests, operators will check the trains’ on-board mechanisms and systems while project engineers monitor the track and updated safety measures at each rail crossing, according to a news release. DART officials will test the complete track in summer 2025, according to the release.
Road and SH 121, Traffic Operations Superinten- dent Jeff Turner Jr. said. The overview Turner said the work is part of ongoing sched- uled maintenance of Plano roadways, adding that buttons and reflectors are typically replaced every five years, on average. For smaller streets, the city’s public works markings division crews handle the replacement, but contracts are used for larger projects, such as the Spring Creek Parkway project. Construction began in May and is expected to be completed in late August.
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