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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by the City of McKinney to Amend the Comprehensive Plan, Including the Master Thoroughfare Plan Regarding the Proposed Alignment of the Intersection of Custer Road (F.M. 2478) and the Future Extension of Wilmeth Road, and Accompanying Ordinance
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MEETING DATE: December 4, 2012
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Jack Carr, PE, Director of Engineering
Alex Glushko, Planner II
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, including the Master Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) regarding the proposed alignment of the intersection of Custer Road (F.M. 2478) and the future extension of Wilmeth Road.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· Custer Road (FM 2478) north of U.S. Highway 380 (University Drive) is currently a two-lane asphalt roadway (rural cross-section) and is designated in the McKinney MTP as a future principal arterial roadway.
In 2009, the City of McKinney initiated the design of Custer Road between US 380 and FM 1461. This section of Custer Road crosses Bloomdale Road (aka CR 123 or Prosper Trail) and Wilmeth Road. The Custer-Bloomdale intersection will be located at the existing intersection; however, the location of the Custer-Wilmeth intersection has not been determined. The current City of McKinney MTP shows Wilmeth crossing Custer at a point where Whitley Place (a residential subdivision in Prosper) has been constructed.
Since Wilmeth Road can no longer continue west of Custer at Whitley Place, the Custer design consultant was requested to complete a route study to determine the best alignment for Wilmeth Road. The Wilmeth Route Study developed potential routes and analyzed the options within a corridor that started approximately 4,000 feet west of Custer Road to a point approximately 7,000 feet east of Custer Road. The results of the Wilmeth Route Study have been presented and discussed ...
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