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THE CITY OF FRISCO IMPROVES 7 BUSY INTERSECTIONS.
“THIS IS 423 AND STONEBROOK BEHIND US. WE HAVE THE 2 RIGHT TURN LANES UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND THE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES ARE COMPLETED AS WELL AS A U-TURN LANE DOWN STONEBROOK.” CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO UNDERWAY AT COIT RD. AND STATE HWY. 121 AS WELL AS OHIO DR. AND HILLCREST RD.
CREWS WILL TYPICALLY BE WORKING MONDAY TROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M.
“THE IDEA BEHIND THE MISCELLANEOUS INTERSECTIONS IMPROVEMENTS IS THAT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS GET TOGETHER WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS, THEY LOOK FOR COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC CAPACITY AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.” THESE IMPROVEMENTS STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
THE MOST IMPACTFUL CHANGE AT EACH INTERSECTION IS ADDITIONAL TURN LANES TO HELP KEEP DRIVERS MOVING.
“FRISCO AS A COMMUNITY IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND AS GROWTH OCCURS, WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC PATTERNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHICH INTERSECTIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND AND ARE ALSO REACHING CAPACITY.” UPDATES ARE COMPLETE ON PRESTON RD. AT BOTH THE MAIN ST. AND WADE BLVD. INTERSECTIONS ALONG WITH LEBANON RD. AND FM 423.
"WE DO HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS THE WAIT TIMES HAVE IMPROVED AT ALL 3 INTERSECTIONS SINCE THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.” VOTER APPROVED BONDS ARE PAYING FOR THE $9.2 MILLION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THE FINAL INTERSECTION TO BE IMPROVED IS PRESTON RD. AND WARREN PKWY.
ALL CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY SUMMER 2025.
“PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF FRISCO BECAUSE IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY TO REINVEST IN INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY FUNCTIONING AND MAKE THEM BETTER.” TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE PROJECT, GO TO FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/CIP AND CLICK ON THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.