Laud Howell Alignment[/caption] Design work on the widening and future alignment of Laud Howell Parkway will soon begin because of a fund allocation approved by McKinney City Council on July 19. Council transferred $1 million from the street construction fund balance to the capital improvement program. The funding will be used to initiate professional engineering design services for the roadway. Design work is slated to take roughly 10 months, and city officials said it will be done in phases. Construction is set to begin around the first of the year, officials said. The roadway will be one of the first major roadway improvements in the northwest sector and will pave the way for future development in the area. Right now, the only development under construction in the northwest sector that will immediately benefit from the roadway is the master planned community of Trinity Falls.