FUNDING THE FREEWAY TxDOT requires each municipality to contribute 10% of the overall cost of the project. Design and construction costs Utility relocation and accommodation costs Right-of-way costs
“WE WANT TO MAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT, BUT SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.” MADISON SCHEIN, TXDOT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
ALL THE WILDLIFE YOU HEAR, IT’S NOT GONNA BE HERE ANYMORE. … THE BYPASS WILL BE, LIKE, LITERALLY 100 FEET FROM MY BARN.” AMBER BLOCK, RESIDENT AFFECTED BY SEGMENT C
MOVING FORWARD
TxDOT began a feasibility study for the project in 2017 and has since conducted multiple opportunities for public comment on the bypass alignment.
January 2021
Segment A estimated cost: $957.8M
April 5, 2023
$247.8M $74.7M $636.3M $114.2M $30M $640M $131.4M $979.4M $23.1M
TxDOT presented ve alignment options for the project, including one on the existing alignment.
The virtual public hearing period ends, and the comment period is closed.
2021-22
End of 2023
Segment C estimated cost: $784.2M Segment E estimated cost: $1.13B TOTAL COST: $2.87B
Alignments were evaluated by TxDOT; McKinney and Prosper passed measures of support for their preferred alignments.
The environmental impact statement will be nalized, and a record of decision will be issued identifying the selected route.
2024-27
February 2023
TxDOT will nalize freeway design, acquiring right-of-way, utilities coordination and identifying funding.
The draft environmental impact statement is released and reviewed by community members at two in-person public hearings.
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Pending funding, the roadway could begin the three- to four- year phased construction period. The freeway would be open to tra c as phases are completed.
SOURCE: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
according to TxDOT. Local agencies, including the city of McKinney, are responsible for 10% of the cost of right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation for portions of the project in its jurisdiction, according to a Jan. 24 McKinney City Council meeting. City o cials have already begun working with Collin County to get assistance in funding the portion they are responsible for, Daugherty said. “They made the decision, so now we’re trying to gure out how best to move forward,” Grimes said. Grimes also noted the city has begun meeting with elected o cials to iden- tify ways to mitigate the expected e ects of the identi ed alignment. “We are hyper-focused on how … we mitigate the concerns that we can still mitigate,” Fuller said, noting the potential for additional sound bu ers
“ranchettes.” Many community mem- bers keep bee farms, horses and other livestock on their land. Many of these residents have voiced their opposition to Segment C at the recent public hearings. Comments will be accepted online through April 5. Segment C a ects 10 residences and 19 businesses, according to TxDOT. “The [Segment] C alignment aligns with [future Spur 399], so we think it ends up being a better interchange,” McKinney Director of Engineering Gary Graham said. Segment C was included in McKin- ney’s preferred alignment because of its potential to activate the McKinney National Airport through an intersec- tion of the bypass at FM 1827 and US 380, Grimes said. Graham also cited the increased cost of Segment D as a reason for the
and other barriers. Eastern segments
city’s preferred alignment. “Instead of decimating [forested areas] and then taking out so many of those impacted properties, we believe that TxDOT should look at an alter- nate route,” Fuller said. This proposed route would be a hybrid of Segments C and D that would ideally minimize residential displacements, as well as ecological impact, while also still connecting to Spur 399 on the east side of the air- port, according to Fuller. “Whether that’s possible at this point or not, I don’t know, but we are internally identifying what we think is a plausible route, and we will be supplying that to TxDOT,” Fuller said.
Block, who lives along the proposed Segment C route, uses the front pas- ture of her property for a horse riding arena, which is also used for thera- peutic riding. The pasture is also home to a honey bee farm and is used for hay produc- tion, both of which serve as Block’s tax agricultural exemption. The Seg- ment C route would include acquiring this part of her land to construct the freeway, accounting for nearly half of her property, she said. “It’s so peaceful out here,” Block said. “All the wildlife you hear, it’s not gonna be here anymore. … [The bypass will] be, like, literally 100 feet from my barn.” Block is one of many residents in the area who live on what she called
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