Plano advances funding for long-awaited Los Rios Park Trail
Plano approved up to $4.365 million for a two-mile Los Rios Park Trail that will give east Plano its first paved access into the former golf course.
Plano City Council approved an advanced funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for up to $4.365 million, putting the long-planned Los Rios Park Trail into a construction pipeline after years of design work. The two-mile, 12-foot-wide trail is intended to give east Plano residents a direct paved route into Los Rios Park and connect the site with regional trail systems already mapped across Collin County.
The project reaches deeper than a simple path. City plans tie the trail to restored green space near the former clubhouse area, turning land that once served as a golf course into a more usable public park edge. For households around Los Rios, that means a maintained walking and biking connection where overgrown open land and leftover golf-course features have dominated for years.
Los Rios Park sits at 1700 Country Club Drive and was formerly Los Rios Golf Course. Plano bought the land in 2014 with grant assistance from Collin County, then began a public process in early 2018 to gather input and shape a master plan for the nearly 200-acre site. The city first approved money for trail design in March 2020, then added more design work through a contract modification approved Nov. 25, 2024, and another executed Aug. 28, 2025 to develop TxDOT trail design documentation.
The trail is listed in the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Mobility 2045 Regional Veloweb and the Collin County Regional Trails Master Plan, which means it is designed to serve more than just immediate park users. It is meant to help cyclists and walkers move across the east-side network, linking neighborhood streets, park access, and regional recreation corridors in one continuous route.
Plano had also sought up to $5.5 million in grant funding through the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Transportation Alternatives program in January 2025 before shifting to the TxDOT advance-funding agreement approved this month. City documents indicate construction could begin in 2027, making the council action the clearest sign yet that the project is moving from paper plans to visible work on the ground.
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