Collin and Denton County Outer Loop

[Road Hog]

The routes all basically duplicate FM 428 on either side of Aubrey up to the point where it dips south toward Denton. I just hope they keep the old Elm Fork pedestrian bridge.

[Road Hog]

Update:

The entirety of the 9-mile CCOL segment from Custer Road to US 75 is completely striped and signed, and just waiting for the barrier to go away. Just a matter of the local county commissioner deigning to appear for a ribbon-cutting.

[05danper42842]

Hopefully they start working also on extending eastward and southward getting the frontage road built. Collin County is is ahead of the game. Of out all counties involved in the outer loop I think laufman county will get there first phase built since they expect to have there Final Environmental Assessment/FONSI is expected to be finished/completed by early 2026.

[MaxConcrete]

The materials for today's public meeting are online.

Fact sheet (with map)

Observations

• The four alternatives from the previous meeting remain. None have been eliminated.
• There have been minor tweaks to the four alternatives. This is covered in the fourth presentation slide
• The corridor remains consistently 500 feet wide. However, one option for segment C, called the stacked option, has a drastically reduced corridor width at the Elm Fork crossing, presumably to reduce environmental impact. I don't like this option, I hope the "compressed" option is selected.
• The median is generally 84 feet wide.
• The schematics show long bridges over creek crossings.