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Grapevine' Springs could open in August
By KEVIN SHAY der the city's flood plain min, istration funds in 1936-37.
"People will be impressed with this park work. That study is complete, and park before donating it to the Bap-
News Staff Writer ordinance, slowed restoration Webb Roberrs originall), owned the
C, oppell officials hope to have a O 13 d. ~ ~ further delays could happen if Dal- tist Foundation of Texas in the
dedication ceremony for Grape- OrlCe i~:'S pe e las County decides to perform 1970s
some more erosion control work, Once the park opens, it will be
vine Springs Park Aug. 28, but that .................. whi,:h would take going through deeded to Coppell under the Open
date could be pushed back. the bond process. Space Agreement, which covers 99
Rick Wieland, Coppell parks di- The site contains some building years. The city will be responsible
rector, said this week that Aug. 28 constructed with Public Works Ad- for operations and maintenance.
is the target date for the opening. Grapevine Creek near Bethel Road "They've uncovered some (flag-
"lhat could be delayed," he said. and Park Street, about 18 months stone) trails. People will be im-
"Dallas County (which is working ago and is funding the initial clear- pressed with this park once it's
on erosion cor~trol improvements ing of the 15-acre site. The work, opened."
and two pedestrian bridges) is which includes clearing overgrown
working towards that date." vines and repairing structures, is Wieland hoped the park would
Dallas County took over owner- going well, said Wieland. open last year, but an erosion con-
ship of the park, located along "It's looking good," he stated. trol study, which was required un-
Several Coppell residents at-
fended the meeting to ask that bi-
cycle lanes and/or pedestrian
walkways be considered. "It's im-
portant to have an additional two-
arid-a-half feet on the outside lane
for bicycles when new roads go
in," said Rebecca Watson, a leader
~>f Friends of the Parks. "It's also
important to accommodate others
who want to walk."
The councii's motion, which was
ipproved unanimously, included
an amendment to include hike and
bike trails along Sandy Lake Road
~f enough citizens express such a
clesire during the public hearings.
b-n executive from Rady said that
would not be a problem or add sub-
itantially to the cost as long as
~:hanges were made early in the
(lesign process.
Rady's bid included a break-
ilown of hourly rates of employees.
They range from $110 per hour for
the owner and $85 for the project
manager to $35 for clerical work-
~rs and $25 for computer usage.
Some 18 engineering firms bid
on the lucrative design contract of
~;andy Lake Road from Denton Tap
Road to MacArthur B!vd. Dallas
County is planning the widening
roject between MacArthur and
F~e Carrollton border at Elm Fork,
fghile Carrollton is planning to wid-
l~n the road to 1-35.
Coppell voters approved the
ividening project from MacArthur
Blvd. to Denton Tap Road in 1990.
The council approved issuing
~500,000 for the design last year,
hnd officials hoped to review de-
Sign contracts last August.
But several officials have ex-
i~ressed reservations about sticking
:with the plan to issue $6.8 million
Ior construction in 1994 due to the
possibility of it adding as much as
seven cents to Coppell's tax rate by
1994-95.
Sandy Lake Road will be con-
~tructed as a four-lane divided
i-oadway in six lanes of right-of-
~ay. If officials eventually decide
~o widen the road to six lanes with
~he bike path, some houses would
have to be bought out and land-
Scaping reduced, Griffin said.
Most council members said
~Fuesday they would like to see the
i'oad remain at four lanes with the
lrails and landscaping. FIo McFad-
den Stahly noted that during the
~1990 bond campaign, residents re-
~tu~sted the four-lane proposal with
bike paths. Peyton Weaver added
that the residential nature of the