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CONNECTING C O L L I N C O U N T Y Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s proposed rail line into McKinney would be an extension of the Red or Silver lines.

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Village at Allen shopping center Downtown McKinney MCKINNEY

18 miles long

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7K8K projected riders per weekday by 2045

Allen Central Business District

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PLANO

Legacy Central

Parker Road shopping center

$700M $900M estimated construction cost

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SOURCE: NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

Regional Transportation Council looks to extendDART rail line

BY ERICK PIRAYESH

per weekday by 2045. The council estimates construction would cost between $700 million and $900 million. Ocials indicated it would be mostly paid for by DART, which is funded by a $0.01 sales tax from the 13 cities that make up its service area. McKinney is not currently a DART city, but Morris said the transit authority and the city could still form a partnership for the rail line. “First, we have got to let DART ... get the Silver Line [nished], but in the meantime let’s see if we can create this vision,” Morris said during the meeting. Plano City Council Member Rick Smith said the uptick in economic develop- ment around the proposed transit stations could be a positive aspect of the project. Some local ocials in McKinney, Morris said, are in support of the rail extension. “[McKinney Mayor George Fuller] is very excited to advance now,” Morris said. “We are moving pretty quickly with regard to any and all opportunities to gain consensus.” Morris said DART already owns most of the necessary land along the proposed rail line corridor, and the transportation council is working on gathering support from cities along the proposed route.

The North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Regional Transporta- tion Council is working to convince city ocials to support a new rail line system that would connect Plano and McKinney. In a transportation study presented to Plano City Council during the Feb. 14 preliminary open meeting, Michael Morris, director of trans- portation for the RTC, outlined the various benets, costs, options and challenges associated with the proposed rail line. He said, if built, the line could connect Plano to

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McKinney through two options: by an extension of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Red Line that has stations o Parker Road and in Downtown Plano, or

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by extending DART’s Silver Line that is under construction and set to be complete in 2024. The 26-mile Silver Line will connect Plano to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and will add two new stations to the city with the 12th Street Station and the Shiloh Road Station. The proposed McKinney to Plano line would be 18 miles long, and the transportation council estimates it would have 7,000-8,000 riders

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