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“WE’RE WRAPPING UP.” FRISCO PUBLIC WORKS' LATEST PROJECT TO REPLACE AGING ROADWAYS IN EAST FRISCO IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
“YOU HAVE A BRAND-NEW ROAD. BEFORE THERE WERE POTHOLES, IT WAS ROUGH. YOU DON’T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. IT’S SMOOTH SAILING.” OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, FRISCO PUBLIC WORKS HAS RECONSTRUCTED PROMISE LAND DR., AMELINA LN. AND A SECTION OF BELLE CHASSE LN.
CREWS REBUILT THE ROADWAY ALONG WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAY APPROACHES.
“TAKING THE ROAD FROM WHAT IT WAS TO WHAT IT IS NOW, I FEEL LIKE IT’S NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE.” THE WORK WAS NEEDED BECAUSE THESE STREETS WERE AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD AND SHOWING AGE.
“THERE WERE SOME PATCHES HERE AND THERE, BUT THE ROAD ITSELF WAS ORIGINAL TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.” PUBLIC WORKS TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO USE ALLOCATED BOND FUNDS TO IMPROVE SOME SUBDIVISION STREETS.
WE CAN DO THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALKS ALL TOGETHER.” DURING THE 2023 BOND ELECTION, VOTERS APPROVED $240 MILLION FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS WITH $26 MILLION OF THAT GOING TOWARDS REPLACING AGING ROADS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS COST ABOUT $2.7 MILLION.
“I THINK THEY’RE EXCITED, BOTH TO HAVE THEIR ROAD REDONE AND TO HAVE THEIR SIDEWALKS REDONE.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE, THEIR UNDERSTANDING.”
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.