Rockwall County advances Village Drive project with Rockwall agreement
Crenshaw Road is already closed in Royse City, while Village Drive moves through engineering and right-of-way work toward a wider four-lane corridor.
The Rockwall County Commissioners Court approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Rockwall for Village Drive and a paving contract with Tiseo Paving Company, L.L.C., for Crenshaw Road East, while a portion of Crenshaw Road in Royse City was already closed for construction. The immediate traffic pinch is on Crenshaw Road, where gates were shut at both ends; the longer-range payoff is on Village Drive, where drivers should eventually get a wider, better-connected route through one of the county’s fastest-changing corridors.
For Village Drive, the county said the agreement covers engineering, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocations, inspections and construction. That puts the project squarely in an early, coordination-heavy phase, the kind of work that must be finished before the first major dirt moves. Rockwall County has repeatedly said those steps matter most on projects that depend on state and federal funding, because outside requirements can slow construction even after the road has been identified for improvement.
The county’s road-bond materials show how large the Village Drive effort is. In a June 18, 2024 update, Rockwall County said the Village Drive and Horizon Road project would widen the two-lane roadway from FM 740, also known as Ridge Road, to the Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad tracks into a four-lane roadway with sidewalks and a reconstructed Village Drive Bridge. The county also said Project 2 was awarded to Bridgefarmer & Associates. That stretch sits inside the county’s 2021 road bond program, Trip 21, which voters approved on November 2, 2021 and which set aside $150 million for 26 named road construction projects.
Crenshaw Road East is further along. Rockwall County said the court approved the paving contract with Tiseo, and a May 27 update featured Commissioner John Stacy and consultant Brenda Callaway of Innovative Transportation Solutions discussing the project. On June 18, the county announced that part of Crenshaw Road in Royse City was closing for construction, with gates shut at both ends of the road in preparation for renovations. For drivers who use that corridor, the disruption is already in place.
The two projects show Rockwall County moving on parallel tracks: Village Drive is advancing through design, property and utility work, while Crenshaw Road East has reached the construction stage. Together, they signal where access will improve first and where traffic will be rerouted now, as the county’s broader road program continues to shape growth around Rockwall and Royse City.
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