Resolution of Collin County Commissioners Court
WHEREAS, Collin County developed an updated Mobility Plan in 2014 that projected
that future traffic in Collin County will exceed the capacity of the
transportation system proposed in the Mobility Plan, especially in the US
380 corridor; and
WHEREAS, on February 1, 2016, the Collin County Commissioners Court concluded a
transportation strategic planning session by adopting a Court Order that
identified the need to develop a freeway in the US 380 corridor, from
Denton County to Hunt County, in order to significantly relieve the current
and projected future congestion in the US 380 corridor; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court requested that the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) and the Regional Transportation Council (RTC)
assist Collin County in developing a freeway in the US 380 corridor; and
WHEREAS, TxDOT agreed to conduct a feasibility study to determine if a freeway is
warranted and, if so, to determine an alignment that could be supported
by the local governments; and
WHEREAS, TxDOT has performed the feasibility study in an excellent manner; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that a freeway is, in fact, needed in order to
relieve current and prevent future traffic congestion that would critically
stifle the mobility of residents and businesses in Collin County and,
therefore, the healthy economy of the area; and
WHEREAS, numerous routes were identified as possible alignments for a freeway,
but the number of optional routes has been reduced to two alignments
between Coit Road and FM 1827; and
WHEREAS, the feasibility study has projected the capacity of the options studied to
relieve the future congestion in the US 380 corridor; and
WHEREAS, TxDOT has identified a large number of types of impacts of a freeway to
the environment, especially on the residential neighborhoods and business
areas;
WHEREAS, TxDOT went to extraordinary efforts to communicate information to the
public and to facilitate input from the public to TxDOT so as to be able to
understand the perceived impacts of a freeway on residences and
businesses; and
WHEREAS, TxDOT made adjustments to various parts of the optional alignments in
order to remove objectionable features identified by the public; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court has determined that the “red” alignment will
have an extremely detrimental impact on many homes along that
alignment, causing losses in monetary value and losses of the atmosphere
for which the residents purchased homes in those locations; and

 WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court has concluded that building a freeway on the
“red” alignment between Coit Road and FM 1827 will not attract enough
traffic away from the US 380 thoroughfare to prevent it from being so
congested that gridlock occurs daily and, therefore WILL NOT ADEQUATELY
ACCOMPLISH THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF RELIEVING CONGESTION AND
PROVIDING A HEALTHY LEVEL OF MOBILITY IN THE US 380 CORRIDOR;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Collin County Commissioners Court
1. Strongly urges TxDOT to consider in its evaluation of limited access roadway
options that the basic objective of relieving congestion and satisfying traffic
demand in the US 380 corridor must be met in order for an alignment option
to be considered viable; and
2. Requests that TxDOT consider that the impacts from the “red” alignment are
more detrimental to the community at large and are more difficult from which
to recover than those along the “green” alignment; and
3. Requests that TxDOT consider that even though the “Green” alignment
impacts a large number of businesses and residences between Coit Road and
FM 1827, and is predicted to cost more than the “Red” Options, the “Green”
alignment from Coit Road to FM 1827 is the preferred alignment because it
accomplishes the basic, vital, and primary objective of satisfying traffic
demand in the US 380 corridor and the “Red” alignment does not adequately
accomplish that objective to the extent desired; and
4. Requests that TxDOT consider the over 200 additional acres of environmental
impact difference from the “Red” Routes to the “Green Routes” in terms of
area affected; and
5. Requests that TxDOT place initial focus on a Spur 399 extension RoW
acquisition and freeway construction as a priority project to begin relieving
traffic congestion along the US 380 corridor as soon as an Environmental
Impact Study is concluded; and
6. Acknowledges that severe disruption to the community by acquiring
properties along the “green” alignment and pledges to assist the City of
McKinney and TxDOT to develop a plan for the systematic acquisition of the
properties in such a way that minimizes the disruption to the citizens,
businesses, the tax revenue and the overall economy of the community to
the greatest extent possible; and
7. Strongly urges TxDOT to designate the “Green” alignment between Coit Road
and FM 1827 the preferred alignment for a limited access roadway in the US
380 corridor.