How we got here
A reconstruction project along SH 5 is being led by the Texas Department of Transportation.
The project will expand portions of the roadway to six lanes, while other areas with limited right of way will remain four lanes with added turn lanes and raised medians, according to the city’s website. The reconstruction effort will also include widening sidewalks and improving stormwater systems.
Construction on the relocation project is expected to begin in mid-2025, according to the city’s website.
What’s happening?
City officials are required to move city utilities, such as water mains and wastewater mains, out of the TxDOT right of way into city use easements prior to the beginning of the SH 5 reconstruction project, Director of Engineering Gary Graham said at the meeting.
The design stage of the project has been completed, and city officials are working on property right acquisition for both temporary and permanent easements. Construction on the utility relocation is expected to begin this year and be complete prior to the SH 5 reconstruction project’s estimated start date, according to the city’s website.
The action taken
City Council members unanimously approved resolutions that allow for the use of eminent domain to acquire property easement rights on four properties along SH 5.
The resolutions state it is a public necessity to acquire the properties. The value of easement use on each affected property and compensation for affected property owners will be determined at a special Collin County Commissioners Court meeting, Graham said.
Also on the agenda
Council members voted 5-2 against a rezoning request to allow for a multifamily development at the southwest corner of McKinney Ranch Parkway and Collin McKinney Parkway. Council members Rick Franklin and Justin Beller voted in favor of the rezoning request.
Representatives of the project’s developer, the Allen Harrison Co., proposed a 385-unit luxury multifamily development for the site. The proposed project was valued at about $90 million, Allen Harrison Co. representative Kevin Kuntz said at the meeting.
Learn more
For more information on infrastructure projects in McKinney, visit www.mckinneytexas.org/3338/projects.
