Van Alstyne unveils multi‑year road plan, prioritizes Collin McKinney Parkway widening and new connector to US 75

Van Alstyne on Monday released a multi‑year road improvement plan that ranks 15 projects and will fund the top priorities in the coming fiscal year, city materials show. The plan uses a scoring system that considered congestion, access, safety and roadway condition to decide which projects to pursue first.

The plan’s highest near‑term roadway upgrade is converting Collin McKinney Parkway, adjacent to the high school, into a four‑lane divided road to ease peak‑period congestion, according to the city manager’s letter posted on the city website. The city also identified an unnamed connector (referred to in the plan as “unnamed road number one”) that would run from the high‑school area to US 75 to provide a direct southbound route and reduce backups on FM 121 and US 75.

City officials told residents the scoring framework produced a ranked list of 1 through 15 and that the new fiscal‑year budget will fund the first projects on that list; remaining projects will be scheduled in later years and adjusted as needed. The plan cites ongoing and forecasted development west of US 75 — described in the materials as including areas called Lone Tree and Mancha — as part of the rationale for widening and new connector construction.

Work already underway includes the Blasingame/Highway 5 project, which the city says is being transformed from a two‑lane asphalt road to a four‑lane divided concrete roadway. City materials state that, "barring any delays, the work should be completed by January" so that a new public safety facility can be fully operational; the city did not specify the calendar year in the posted letter.

On a longer timeline, the city said it has been coordinating with the Texas Department of Transportation on an overpass of US 75 over FM 121. The city is funding engineering for that overpass to help fast‑track the project once TxDOT funding becomes available, the materials state.

City staff urged residents to read the full city manager’s letter on the city website and to stay involved as projects move through design and construction. The letter thanked City Manager Lane Jones and city staff for their work on the plan. Mike Shaw reported the summary for the City of Van Alstyne.

What happens next: the city plans to fund the highest‑ranked projects in the upcoming fiscal budget and will adjust priorities in future budget cycles; specific construction schedules and funding commitments beyond the first‑year items were not specified in the city materials.