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Fast-Growing Frisco Expands Main Street to Six Lanes By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
Frisco’s expanding population is driving efforts to widen a section of Main Street from four to six lanes while improving storm drainage and a water line. The project spans approximately 3 mi. from FM 423 to Dallas Parkway. The city of Frisco project will coincide with the Brazos Electric project involving burying an electrical transmission line under Main Street from FM 423 to Legacy Drive. In September 2017, the Frisco City Council approved the $26.6 million capital project. “This project accelerates our ongoing efforts to get Frisco moving again,” said Mayor Jeff Cheney. “Both the city of Frisco and Brazos save time and money by pairing these construction projects together. We recognize, the construction zone may cause frustration; however, we know the reconstruction of Main Street is vital to easing traffic congestion, promoting drivers’ safety and managing our city’s future growth.” In 2000, the population in Frisco was 33,000. By 2016, it had grown to 163,000,
and by the year 2030, the city planning department estimates it could reach 370,000 residents. Before construction began in October 2017, Frisco Parks and Recreation relocated median trees to nearby Frisco parks, primarily Frisco Commons and Harold Bacchus Community Parks. “We’re going to do everything we can to preserve as many out here as we can,” said Brian Moen, assistant director of engineering services/transportation. “Once the road work is complete, we’ll put in new landscaping, which includes planting more trees.” Following tree relocation, crews dug a trench in the median to make way for the electric and water lines and followed with curb removal in preparation for roadway improvements. Street lighting will be impacted, too, during the construction project. While engineers will work to restore lighting when possible, it will be very challenging, noted Jason Brodigan, assistant director of engineering services.
Installation of 30 ft. ductile iron water line beneath future inside lane of Main Street.
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Army Corps Announces $5B for Texas Flood Control Projects HOUSTON (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced Texas will be getting nearly $5 billion to help build critical flood mitigation projects in the state, which is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. The Corps also announced the federal government is awarding nearly $16 million to Texas for studies on projects
that could make the state more resilient. Gov. Greg Abbott said the funding will go a long way to “future-proofing Texas against another hurricane.” Some of the projects being funded include $3.95 billion for a project known as the coastal spine, which proposes barriers to protect the Houston area from storm surge coming
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into Galveston Bay. Harvey dumped up to 50 in. (127 cm) of rain in some parts of Houston last August, flooding thousands of homes. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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