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Argyle council approves resolution asking TxDOT to limit FM 407 widening to four lanes
Summary
After a public comment from a nearby landowner, Argyle council approved a resolution urging the Texas Department of Transportation to revise FM 407 plans to reduce right‑of‑way impacts, recommend a maximum four‑lane cross section through the town center, and address drainage and pedestrian crossings.
The Argyle Town Council approved a resolution asking the Texas Department of Transportation to revise its FM 407 widening plans and to protect rural areas and local property along the corridor.
Town staff member Mike Simms, who briefed the council on TxDOT materials, said the department’s current drawings call for wide medians and cross sections that would allow expansion to six lanes in places. "In order to expand from their current cross section to this cross section they really need in a lot of places somewhere between 140 and 160 foot of right away," Simms said,…
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