Local governments are working with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to choose one of 5 colored "alignments" to improve traffic congestion on Highway 380. We support improvements to 380 ON 380 (Green or Pink) and oppose all "bypass" alignments (Red, Yellow, Blue).
Our concerns with "the bypass"
Around McKinney, TX.:
- A bypass would irrevocably transform north McKinney and directly opposing the City of McKinney's "Unique by Nature" guiding slogan. These options are neither unique, or supporting of the natural character of this part of Texas.
- Loss of property (homes, land) through involuntary seizure with Eminent Domain of hundreds of acres of private property an residences. Likely hundreds more acres than would be required to improve 380 in-place.
- Complete transformation of neighborhoods, isolating them from other neighborhoods, imposing an entirely new highway on places where even small country roads do not exist, and creating a business environment that encourages drastically different land use.
- Detriment to parks and wildlife including Erwin Park, Wilson Creek, and multiple Collin County Soil Conservation Sites and Reservoirs
- Destabilization of the development environment and property values
- Increased noise and environmental pollution
- Loss of quality of life
- Increased safety risks to children at multiple planned and existing schools
For regional users, a bypass adds 4-5 miles to 100,000s of daily trips on a path that creates safety risks through sharp turns and merge conditions that not only lengthen trips but slow down traffic. They look like this:
… rather than routing that traffic on the more obviously efficient course:
For homes and businesses along 380 that would be impacted by improvements on 380 we advocate for any and all measures that can be taken to reduce impacts to them including the incorporation of proven solutions such as walls and the sinking the roadway under overlapping frontage roads as done on US Highway 75 approaching downtown Dallas. These measures should significantly reduce the noise and right-of-way (eminent domain) impacts.
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