TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Design concepts for gateway entrance signage considered
COMPILED BY GRANT JOHNSON
SIGN SPOTS The following locations have been proposed for gateway signs.
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W. LOUISIANA ST.
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McKinney City Council is moving forward with its waynding master plan with updated designs. At the June 21 City Council work session, Project Manager Pamela Alummoottil presented council with updated sign designs and introduced gateway designs, cost estimates and preliminary sign locations. Kimley-Horn and Corbin Design came back with revised designs that incorporated the feedback council members gave them on their original designs during a Sept. 21, 2021 work session. New additions include a variety in colors, district headers and insert panels featuring dierent plants found around McKinney. Cost estimates were also presented to the council with a preliminary esti- mate of $2.6 million for 123 waynding signs. The council showed support for the updated waynding designs.
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ELDORADO PKWY.
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF 71122. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT MCKNEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. from stakeholders, the study will develop short-term and long-term improvement plans. The nal report is being completed, and the ndings will be presented to the McKinney City Council by the end of September. Timeline: September 2021-September 2022 Cost: TBD Funding source: city of McKinney Downtown lighting study The city is conducting an analysis of the existing lighting levels in downtown McKinney. The goal is to identify areas of improvement while improving pedestrian safety at night, ocials said. Using data and input
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This is one of the proposed gateway sign designs.
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Gateway signage designs were introduced by Kimley-Horn’s Land- scape Architect Paul Freeland for the rst time to council members during the meeting as well. Freeland suggested the city focus on three gateways for $2.5 million and then an additional four gateways after the rst three are completed. The priority gateways are at US 75 and Telephone Road; SH 121 and US 75; and
SH 121 and Custer Road. Council members said the $2.6 million was costly for the three signs. Mayor George Fuller suggested fundraising as a solution and said he is not approving the estimated cost during the session but is approving the furthering of designs. “[We can] fundraise and campaign ... to create this monument signage and sense of place,” Fuller said.
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