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As part of a collection of minor changes to the city of McKinney’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan, a few changes are being proposed to the city’s master thoroughfare plan.

The master thoroughfare plan provides general locations for future streets and roads in McKinney. Thoroughfare alignments might shift as roads are engineered and designed to accommodate planning and developments as well as flood plains.

The updates were presented to McKinney Planning and Zoning commissioners Sept. 22, who approved the changes to the comprehensive plan and sent them with a favorable recommendation for McKinney City Council to consider Oct. 20.

The most significant change to the thoroughfare plan occurs in the New Hope area, where the North Texas Municipal Water District facility is going in, city staff said. This caused staff to make some alignment changes to work around that facility.

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By Cassidy Ritter 

(Cassidy Ritter/Community Impact Newspaper)

As usage continues to grow, McKinney National Airport is relying less and less on city funds, despite major financial investments at the airport, including land purchase and the construction of a new terminal.

After voters in 2015 turned down a $50 million bond proposition to fund the airport, city officials have found others ways to continue airport expansion, including using property tax and sales tax dollars, and generating revenue from fuel sales in addition to hangar and office leases. The city is now also venturing into a public-private partnership.

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By Cassidy Ritter

(Rendering courtesy MISD)

McKinney ISD’s stadium and community event center is faced with “excessive, unsightly” concrete cracking at the visitor’s concourse, according to the second of three reports by Nelson Forensics, an investigative and forensic engineering organization.

Cracks at the approximately $70 million stadium are located in the home concourse, visitor concourse and home and visitor concourse lower bowl wall. These areas were brought to the attention of Manhattan Construction and Stantec in January.

Nelson’s latest report, which was completed June 13 and released to Community Impact Newspaper July 30, focuses on the visitor’s concourse at the stadium. The district hired Nelson in April to review areas of concern.

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