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Grand Prairie staff brief commission on request to remove planned collector road near I‑20
Summary
City staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission that an applicant seeks to remove a two‑lane collector roadway shown on the city’s thoroughfare plan; staff prefers keeping the road but the applicant’s traffic model found little projected difference if the road is removed.
Cheryl Smith, chair of the City of Grand Prairie Planning and Zoning Commission, opened a staff briefing Sept. 9 on a proposed amendment to the city’s thoroughfare plan to remove a two‑lane collector roadway just south of the I‑20 eastbound frontage road and west of Belt Line Road.
City planning staff said the applicant requested removal of the collector as part of development of the subject parcel. Staff presented results of a traffic impact analysis that used the North Central Texas Council of Governments regional travel demand model to compare build and no‑build scenarios. The consultant and staff reported the modeled change—removing the collector and shifting traffic to Belt Line and the I‑20…
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