Plano approves $2.5 million in road, sidewalk repairs citywide

Plano drivers who use Preston Road and Towne Square Drive are getting the most immediate relief from the city’s latest transportation spending, with council approving a $165,679 contract increase to extend the southbound left-turn lane and cut down on backups spilling into the through lane. The work, part of a broader intersection package with XIT Paving and Construction, pushed the revised project total to $2,782,021.43 and also covers improvements at Legacy Drive and SH 121, SH 121 and JP Morgan Driveway, Corporate Drive and Legacy Drive, and Corporate Drive and Tennyson Parkway.

At the same meeting, Plano City Council approved a separate $2,566,690 contract with Garret Shields Infrastructure for arterial concrete repairs citywide, with the job running for up to two years. City documents put the full project cost at about $3.5 million and say it will cover roughly 25,000 square yards of arterial concrete streets, 12,400 square feet of sidewalk concrete and 24 barrier-free ramps across Plano. Residents are expected to learn next month which exact street segments will be under construction.

The mix of concrete replacement, sidewalk work and new ramps is the kind of maintenance that matters most to people moving on foot, in wheelchairs, with strollers or behind the wheel. In a fast-growing part of Collin County, even a small change in lane length or ramp placement can affect whether traffic moves smoothly through a busy corridor or gets stuck behind a turning line.

Plano has been layering similar work across the city for more than a year. In June 2024, council approved a $3,328,000 arterial concrete repair project on Parker Road, later increasing that contract by $126,209 to $3,454,209. In February 2024, the city approved a $2,066,495 repair project on Park Boulevard between West City Limits and Preston Road. More recently, council approved $1,530,000 for arterial concrete repair on Communications Parkway from Legacy Drive to Chapel Hill Boulevard.

The new repairs fit into Plano’s larger Community Investment Program and bond-related infrastructure pipeline, which the city tracks through its construction portal. For residents waiting on smoother sidewalks, safer crossings and fewer bottlenecks at Preston and Towne Square, the work now moves from council approval to the streets themselves.