Transportation commission approves Monarch thoroughfare amendment to make Lansdowne a four‑lane undivided road

The Town of Flower Mound Transportation Commission on Oct. 14 voted to recommend an amendment to the Monarch master thoroughfare plan that designates Lansdowne (shown on exhibits as Judge Eads Parkway) as an urban minor arterial undivided (a four‑lane, no‑median section) and removes an urban collector north of Denton Creek Boulevard.

The change replaces an earlier designation that had shown Lansdowne as a four‑lane divided arterial (with a median and a wider right‑of‑way) and a north‑south urban collector connecting north of Denton Creek. Matt (assistant director) presented the proposal and explained that the revised cross section was supported by the project traffic‑impact analysis and avoids assuming capacity equivalence between a two‑lane collector with a two‑way left‑turn lane and a four‑lane section.

Jonathan Kirby, the applicant’s representative (2600 N. Central Expressway, Richardson), said the developer had coordinated with Argyle and with townhome purchasers and that the revised plan met the project’s geotechnical and grading constraints. He said the parties generally supported not creating a direct commercial connection through the…