Education
Transportation
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
Plano ISD to issue remaining 2022 Bond Program funds Trustees approved a resolution authoriz- ing the district to issue the remaining 2022 bond. The principal amount of the bond will not exceed $646.4 million, said Laura Alexander, senior managing director at Hilltop Securities. According to PISD documents, the district will price the bonds the week of Jan. 13 and the funds will be delivered Feb. 19. The background The issuance comes as part of the vot- er-approved 2022 bond package totally, nearly $1.3 billion. The bond included $1.17 billion for various school renovations.
Road repairs set for 2 Plano neighborhoods The city of Plano is set to spend just over $6 million on concrete repair projects in two city neighborhoods. What you need to know More than $3 million will be spent on repairing streets, alleys, sidewalks and barri- er-free ramps in the neighborhood north of S. Rigsbee Drive in southeast Plano. Around $3.3 million will be spent on street, alley, sidewalk and barrier-free ramps in a neighborhood that encompasses por- tions of W. Park Boulevard, Decator Drive, Tulane Drive and Ohio Drive. Plano City Council approved contracts for both during its Dec. 9 meeting. Funding for both projects will come out of the city’s 2024-25 Street Improvements Community Investment Program.
Commission OKs site plan for high school renovations
Parker Road construction Ongoing projects Completed projects Upcoming projects Plano city boundary
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A site plan for major renovations to Plano East Senior High has been approved by the Plano Planning and Zoning Commission. What you need to know Commissioners voted to approve the plan at the commission’s Dec. 16 meeting. The preliminary site plan was approved by the commission in October with requested variances to the required 100-foot setback for bleachers adjacent to residential properties and fence construction requirements. The city’s Board of Adjustment denied both variances, nullifying the commission’s initial approval. The newly approved site plan no longer includes the previous variance requests, and also includes a reduction to 1,516 parking spaces. The reduction is not expected to create parking issues or parking spillover into nearby neighbor- hoods, according to city documents.
Major renovations to Plano East costing $48.5 million will include: • Two additional gyms • Several athletic facility improvements • Turf replacement at the baseball and softball fields • Building renovations to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, restrooms and more
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Asphalt project on East Parker Road completes work
• Relocation of the tennis courts
SOURCE: PLANO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
intersections with Coit Road and Alma Drive. What’s next Work on arterial pavement repair from Country Place Drive to Independence Parkway began on Aug. 29, and is expected to last until April 2026, Bekele said. Up to two lanes from Country Place Drive to Independence Parkway may be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays.
A pair of construction projects on Plano’s Parker Road finished late last year. What happened The asphalt overlay project that stretched along Parker Road from the east city limits to US 75 completed construction Nov. 15, said Samson Bekele, senior engineer in Plano’s Public Works Department. Crews also finished work at the road’s
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PLANO 5930 West Park Blvd (972) 250-0500 PLANO NORTH 5420 State Hwy 121 (469) 687-2581
ALLEN 1839 N Central Expressway (972) 908-3488 EAST PLANO 3404 N Central Expressway (972) 423-6688
COIT ROAD 1453 Coit Rd (972) 867-2821
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