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“THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS FOR A WHILE NOW HAS BEEN WORKING ON DALLAS PARKWAY TO ADD MORE CAPACITY TO OUR EXISTING ROADS.” A PROJECT TO WIDEN DALLAS PARKWAY THROUGH A LARGE SECTION OF FRISCO IS HALFWAY COMPLETE.
BETWEEN 10,000 AND 20,000 VEHICLES DRIVE THROUGH THE DALLAS PARKWAY EVERYDAY.” CONSTRUCTION TO WIDEN DALLAS PARKWAY BETWEEN LEBANON ROAD AND PGA PARKWAY STARTED IN MARCH 2024.
“WE’RE ADDING A LANE IN MOST PLACES." CREWS ARE ALSO WIDENING 2 BRIDGES. ONE OVER STEWART CREEK AND THE OTHER OVER PANTHER CREEK.
PLUS SOME RIGHT TURN LANES ARE BEING CREATED.
“BECAUSE OF THE RAPID GROWTH BETWEEN FRISCO AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, WORK JUST HAD TO GET DONE AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.” DURING CONSTRUCTION, DRIVERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF ROAD CLOSURES.
“WE ASK THEM TO STAY VIGILANT, READ THE SIGNS, SLOW DOWN AND THEN WE CAN ALL GET HOME SAFELY.” LARGE CLOSURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSTED TO BOTH NTTA'S AND THE CITY OF FRISCO'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
THE TRAFFIC APP WAZE CAN ALSO HELP DRIVERS NAVIGATE AROUND CLOSURES.
“WE HOPE THAT ONCE ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION IS DONE THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE HOW MUCH FASTER THEY CAN GO FROM POINT A TO B WITH MORE LANES IN A SAFER MANNER.” CONSTRUCTION ALONG DALLAS PARKWAY IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN MID-2026.
“WE GOTTA GET READY FOR THE WORLD CUP.” TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE PROJECT AND ROAD CLOSURES, GO TO FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/DNTPROJECT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.