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Grayson County working on thoroughfare plan
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Current plan that was made by Grayson County several years ago. The plan was not administered by an official engineer, however. Representatives from communities in Grayson County were invited to the first ever Grayson County Thoroughfare Plan meeting. Howe was represented by Economic Development Director Monte Walker.
Grayson County recently hired the first engineer in the county's history in Clay Barnett, the former City of Sherman engineer. Half of his salary is paid by the county and half is paid by the Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Grayson County Judge Bill Magers opened the presentation by telling each city representative that the purpose of the meeting was to gather information from each city.
What allows Grayson County to have a Metropolitan Organization is that it meets the requirements of 50,000 population per square mile.
"This is the first every county engineered county thoroughfare plan that we've ever done," said Magers. "I'm a huge believer in transportation. I think it's one thing that government should do and do well. I think it drives economic development into our county."
"Sherman and Denison form the crux of our MPO, however we're the smallest and toughest MPO in the state," said Magers. "The MPO exists to get federal funding. It is in Grayson County and we're not sharing the wealth."
The MPO consists of five members including the county judge, mayor Magers stated that the county has of Sherman, mayor of Denison, and good east/west access routes within a rotation of small city mayors of the county and wants to make sure Van Alstyne, Howe, Pottsboro, and that those roadways in the future Gunter. With the inclusion of the continue to be great access routes small cities, it means that they can unlike what has happened to US ask for shared cost from the smaller 380 and El Dorado Parkway cities on TxDOT projects that through McKinney. ultimately benefit each community as well as Sherman and Denison. "What this plan is all about is looking forward and trying to get Magers also discussed the local ahead of the curve," said Magers. Continued on page 4
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