Custer Road expansion
The city of Frisco is widening Custer Road from Stonebridge Drive to SH 121. The road cuts between the Frisco and McKinney city limits and sees daily traffic to and from both cities.To accommodate the growth in this area, the 3-mile project will widen the existing four-lane roadway to six lanes.
Construction on this project is 15 percent complete and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year sometime between October and December, according to Frisco officials.
Heavy traffic is expected in this area until construction is complete.
Timeline: January-October Cost: $9.17 million Funding sources: city of Frisco, Collin County
Lake Forest expansion
The city of McKinney is adding an additional lane in each direction along Lake Forest Drive from SH 121 to McKinney Ranch Parkway.
A turn lane for traffic traveling east on McKinney Ranch and turning right onto Lake Forest will be added to McKinney Ranch. A turn lane for traffic turning left from eastbound SH 121 to northbound Lake Forest will also be added.
One lane on Lake Forest will be closed periodically between 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily for lane striping.
The project is nearly complete, and city officials said they are anticipating a completion date at the end of May or first part of June.
Timeline: October 2015-June 2016 Cost: $2.1 million Funding sources: Collin County, city of McKinney
US 380 widening
US 380 east of the Dallas North Tollway is under-going construction to widen the roadway to accommodate the area’s increased population growth, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase of construction will widen the highway from four to six lanes from Lovers Lane in Prosper to Custer Road at the Frisco-McKinney border.
The second phase will widen US 380 from CR 26 to Lovers Lane to create a freeway section.
Timeline: October 2015-fall 2018 Cost: $19.6 million (Lovers Lane to Custer Road) $57.9 million (CR 26 to Lovers Lane) Funding source: TxDOT