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"IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING ALL OF A SUDDEN." THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RAIL DISTRICT IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AS IT'S TRANSFORMED.
"WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR INTO THE MAIN STREET PROJECT. I THINK WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE PACE IS PICKING UP." THE FOCUS ON MAIN STREET HAS SHIFTED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE TO THE NORTH SIDE.
"WE'VE DEMOED MOST OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. WHEN THAT'S COMPLETE, WE'LL DO GRADING AND THEN WE'LL START BUILDING BACK THE ROAD. WE'LL START WITH A STREET AND THEN WE'LL POUR THE CONCRETE PORTION OF THE WIDER SIDEWALKS." PAVING WILL START AT 1ST STREET AND MOVE EAST TO NORTH COUNTY ROAD.
CREWS WILL COMPLETE TWO BLOCK SECTIONS OPENING TO TRAFFIC WHEN FINISHED. AS FOR THE CURRENT CONDITION OF MAIN STREET, CITY ENGINEERS SAY IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE ROUGH PAVEMENT IS TEMPORARY.
WE WILL COME BACK, REMOVE THAT PAVEMENT AND WE WILL REPLACE THAT WITH A DRIVABLE BRICK PAVER." MAIN STREET IS EXPECTED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY FINISHED BY THE END OF 2025.
"WE WILL LIKELY STILL BE DOING SOME OF THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ALONG MAIN STREET, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THE ROAD OPEN TO TRAFFIC, SEPARATED BY THE MEDIAN, BY THE END OF THE YEAR." CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING GARAGE RECENTLY REACHED A MILESTONE WHEN THE FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE WAS FORMED AND CREWS ARE TAKING THE 4TH STREET PLAZA VERTICAL.
"TO MOST OBSERVERS, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK. WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE GROUND WITH IT." THE GARAGE AND THE PLAZA ARE BOTH ON SCHEDULE TO OPEN MAY 2026. AND DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE RAIL DISTRICT IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS. "PLEASE COME DOWN AND VISIT. WE HAVE PUBLIC PARKING LOTS THROUGHOUT." BLUE WAYFINDING SIGNS CONTINUE TO HELP DIRECT DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO FIND PARKING AND THE BUSINESSES THEY WANT TO VISIT. CONTINUED PATIENCE IS ALSO REQUESTED.
"WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE NEED FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING THROUGH HERE TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. BE SAFE.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNAGE." TO KEEP UP WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, GO TO FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/DOWNTOWN.
"THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT OVER A $70 MILLION
INVESTMENT BY THE CITY TO MAKE DOWNTOWN, THE RAIL DISTRICT, A DESTINATION FOR THE CITY."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.