Texas Highway Project Gets Final Bureaucratic Stamp of Approval
Published Date: 1/13/2025
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Summary
Texas is moving forward with a big upgrade to US 380 in Collin County, building a brand-new 8-10 lane freeway with cool features like wide lanes, ramps, and shared-use paths for walkers and bikers. The project is about 11.7 miles long and includes rebuilding the bridge over Lavon Lake. If you want to challenge these plans, you’ve got until June 12, 2025, to speak up or it’s a done deal!
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Final approvals issued for US 380
TxDOT and Federal agencies issued final licenses, permits, and approvals for the US 380 project in Collin County, Texas (from FM 1827 to CR 560). The project is approximately 11.7 miles long and will be a new controlled-access 8- to 10-lane divided freeway with 12-foot main lanes, auxiliary lanes, ramps, continuous one-way frontage roads, and reconstructed crossing over Lavon Lake.
Deadline to challenge project
If you want to file a judicial challenge to TxDOT or Federal agency actions on the US 380 project, your claim must be filed on or before June 12, 2025. If a statute authorizing judicial review provides a period shorter than 150 days, that shorter period still applies.
New shared-use paths included
The US 380 project includes continuous 10-foot-wide shared-use paths on both sides of the facility and continuous one-way frontage roads, providing dedicated space for walkers and bikers. The main lanes will be 12 feet wide with 10-foot outside and 15-foot inside shoulders.
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