Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Approve Selected Names for Several Roadways in McKinney
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: August 18, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Robyn Root P.E., P.T.O.E., Traffic Engineer
Gary Graham, P.E., P.T.O.E., Transportation and CIP Engineering Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Ordinance
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Ordinance was tabled on July 21, 2015 to provide time for a City Council Sub-committee to select names for these six roadways in McKinney.
* This is an Ordinance to approve the selected names for the following roadways:
? Old 543 between Trinity Falls Parkway and US 75 to be named Crump Garden Way
? Old Redbud Boulevard from Bloomdale Road to the new Redbud Boulevard to be named McLarry Drive
? Old US 75 Southbound Frontage Road Bridge (part of the US 75 reconstruction) between Parkview Avenue and Valley Creek Trail to be named Creek Trail Bridge
? Roadway (part of the US 75 reconstruction) between US 75 Southbound Frontage Road and Parkview Avenue to be named Gerry R Lane
? Roadway (part of the US 75 reconstruction) between US 75 Northbound Frontage Road and Parkview Avenue to be named Bruce Luster Place
? FM 546 (new alignment) that begins at SH 5 (McDonald Street) and heads in an eastward direction towards the Airport to be named Harry McKillop Boulevard
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* When Laud Howell Parkway was constructed, FM 543 was taken off system from US 75 to the Trinity Falls Development. The City Council chose to rename this portion of FM 543, Trinity Falls Parkway. The new alignment of Laud Howell Parkway created a need to realign Trinity Falls Parkway to intersect at a new location. This created a small section of road (old FM 543) between Trinity Falls Parkway and US 75 that now needs a name. This road serves only five homes, four of which have already been acquired by the...
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