McKinney | August 2022

WILMETH RD. In Mckinney MAiNTENANCE Officials in McKinney said a number of roadways— which are graded on a scale of 1-100—are falling in quality scores. The map below shows the general road conditions in certain areas of the city. Some roads on the east side are among the lowest-scoring in the area. DESIGNED BY CHELSEA PETERS | COMPILED BY MIRANDA JAIMES

community that McKinney takes infra- structure seriously and will do so for years to come.” Since 2002, the city has invested nearly $320 million in new road infra- structure and more than $112 million in roadway maintenance and reconstruc- tion, according to the news release. This initiative creates a new funding mecha- nism to help offset those costs. “We need good roads in order to have businesses come to McKinney and so that their customers can access those businesses,” City Manager Paul Grimes said. Importance of roadways The idea behind this initiative came about from a work session in the fall of 2021 where city staff evaluated the con- dition of the city’s existing roadways. These are declining, Grimes said, and the city needed to come up with a way to fund the maintenance of its roads. At a Feb. 1 council work session, Ryan Gillingham, the city’s director of public works, noted the city’s pavement con- dition numerical scores, which show the general condition of McKinney’s road- ways, have been falling in recent years. The 2021 score for McKinney was 71, with 100 being the best. The score from 2015 was 82. “The rate of deterioration for McKin- ney’s roadways exceeds the rate of rein- vestment,” he told council. State law allows the city to use the sales tax revenue from the development corporations to fund new roadways, so long as they are advancing economic development, Grimes said. And the city has lots of these types of projects, he said. For instance, as McKinney grows into the northwest sector, extensions to Wilmeth Road, Bloomingdale Road and Laud Howell Parkway will elevate these corridors to arterial roadways that will help stitch the community together, Grimes said.

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Sales tax solution to fund local road projects, spur economic development

estimating sales tax revenue would grow 5% each year. With this resolution, in 10 years, the city could theoretically have put $64.1 million toward road- way investments, according to meeting documents. “With the rapid growth of our city and the need for expanded roadways, this commitment by MEDC and MCDC will greatly aid our effort to invest in our community’s future public infra- structure,” Mayor George Fuller said in a news release. “This will send a strong signal to the business and investment SERIOUSLY AND WILL DO SO FOR YEARS TO COME. GEORGE FULLER, MAYOR

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the MCDC use Type A and Type B corpo- ration sales tax revenues for promoting businesses and cultivating communities in McKinney. Over the course of several meetings that began in 2020, the council and city staff collaborated on funding options to keep up with McKinney’s roadway deterioration. By using the sales tax revenue funds, any future sales tax growth the city col- lects would be split between roadway investments, and the MEDC and the MCDC. City officials are conservatively

As part of an effort to promote eco- nomic development through street improvements, the city of McKinney is taking what officials call a “creative,” “long-term approach” to managing roadways. On June 21, City Council unanimously adopted a resolution to collaborate with the McKinney Economic Development Corp. and the McKinney Community Development Corp. to use the same types of funding as these entities for roadway improvements. The MEDC and

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