Transportation
Transportation
BY MARY KATHERINE SHAPIRO
BY MARY KATHERINE SHAPIRO
City OKs $4.87M street, alley plan
Upcoming projects
Ongoing projects
Alley projects Street projects
SRT TOLL
75
1 US 75 Green Ribbon project Project: The work will provide enhancements to key intersections along the US 75 corridor, including A Stacy Road, B McDermott Drive and C Bethany Drive, with landscaping and erosion control improvements. Update: The project is in the final design review. • Timeline: summer 2026-late 2026 • Cost: $1.38 million • Funding sources: Texas Department of Transportation, city of Allen 2 Allen Heights Drive expansion Project: The planned work includes enhancements to the roadway segment between Chaparral Road and Shady Brook Drive by adding two additional lanes. Update: The project is in the design phase. • Timeline: TBD • Cost: TBD • Funding sources: multiple sources, including city funds
3 Highway Safety Improvement Program Project: Improvements include modernized traffic signals, upgraded equipment, increased capacity and enhanced pedestrian features, with the goal of creating safer, more efficient and more accessible intersections. Update: Construction is wrapping up with three intersections remaining at A Century Parkway and Bethany Drive, B Greenville Avenue and Bethany Drive, and C Main Street and Greenville Avenue. • Timeline: construction to wrap up by this summer • Cost: $5.8 million • Funding sources: city of Allen, TxDOT 4 Spur 399 expansion Project: The project includes reconstructing and widening Spur 399 from its current four-lane configuration to six lanes and connecting it to US 380. Update: The project broke ground last summer and is currently under construction. • Timeline: summer 2025-early 2029 • Cost: $157 million • Funding source: TxDOT
SRT TOLL
4
ANDREWS PKWY.
399
4,138 square yards of alley pavement repair
5
1A
Several Allen streets and alleyways are slated to receive improvements following a Feb. 24 Allen City Council approval of a $4.87 million contract with Jim Bowman Construction for the 2026 Street and Alley Rehabilitation project. The details The project, which will begin in March and wrap up in February 2027, will repair deteriorated street and alley pavement and upgrade accessible ramps. “That’s more than just a sizable construction con- tract award,” Director of Engineering Chris Flanigan said. “It represents what I would characterize as responsible and measured investment in our most expensive asset in the community.” Since 2021, Allen officials have invested over $13 million in city funds to street and alley improve- ments, city documents state.
27,650 square yards of roadway pavement repair
EXCHANGE PKWY.
75
75
MCDERMOTT DR.
MAIN ST.
MCDERMOTT DR.
1B
MAIN ST.
CENTURY PKWY.
1C
3C
BETHANY DR.
HEDGCOXE RD.
Allen
3B
BETHANY DR.
3A
SHADY BROOK DR.
2
CHAPARRAL RD.
CHAPARRAL RD.
MAP NOT TO SCALE N
MAP NOT TO SCALE N
SOURCE: CITY OF ALLEN/COMMUNITY IMPACT
ALLEN 1839 N Central Expressway (972) 908-3488
EAST PLANO 3404 N Central Expy (972) 423-6688
PLANO NORTH 5420 State Hwy 121 (469) 687-2581
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