Frisco redirects $329K in county funds to Dallas Parkway widening
Frisco moved $329,523 in unused county money into Dallas Parkway widening, a corridor upgrade aimed at easing traffic between PGA Parkway and Panther Creek Parkway.
Frisco has redirected up to $329,523 in Collin County money into Dallas Parkway Phase 5, keeping the funds inside the city’s biggest north-south commute corridor instead of letting them sit unused on the Lebanon Road widening project. The City Council approved the transfer unanimously on May 19, and the move gives Frisco another public subsidy for a road network that has been strained by growth, retail activity and daily traffic headed to the Dallas North Tollway.
The money had been reserved for Lebanon Road from Starwood to Dallas Parkway, but Collin County’s share could not be fully spent because its contribution was limited to 50% of the overall price. Frisco engineering staff proposed shifting the leftover amount to Dallas Parkway so the city could use all of the county allocation on Phase 5, which runs between PGA Parkway and south of Panther Creek Parkway.
Phase 5 will widen the northbound and southbound Dallas Parkway frontage roads from two lanes to three lanes in each direction near entrance and exit ramps. It also calls for intersection improvements and reconstruction of existing lanes as needed, with the work required to meet or exceed Collin County design standards and follow city-approved plans. The broader Dallas Parkway widening effort is intended to add capacity at Lebanon Road, Stonebrook Parkway, Cotton Gin Road, Main Street, Eldorado Parkway and Panther Creek Parkway, the intersections where drivers feel the pinch most.
The price tag for Phase 5 is about $18.39 million. Frisco had already approved a $997,000 professional services agreement for the design work in December 2022, then added another $73,000 on Jan. 7, 2025, bringing the design contract to $1.07 million. With the new county transfer, the public spending tied directly to this phase now totals about $1.4 million before the larger construction bill is fully paid, while the county money helps reduce how much the city must cover with general obligation bonds.
Frisco has said it wants the Dallas Parkway widening completed before World Cup 2026, putting added pressure on a corridor that serves commuters, shoppers and residents moving through fast-growing parts of the city. Collin County’s roadway projects list shows the Dallas Parkway segment from Lebanon Road to Panther Creek Parkway as completed in February 2026, a sign that the corridor has already been moving through a sequence of upgrades. The latest funding shift extends that work farther south and keeps the focus on access, capacity and safer traffic flow along one of Frisco’s most important routes.
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