Park West CC(1)-CS 891218 (2)?ILE COPII'
Dallas, To×as 75240
USA
Dece~ber 18, 1989
Phone: (214') 991 - 1900
Fax: (214)d90-9261
Mr. Russell R. Doyle, P.E.
City Engineer
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, TX 75019
RE: Park West Commerce Center Thoroughfare Revision Request
BA No. 3311.01.01
Dear Mr. Doyle:
At your request, we have reviewed the request by Prentiss
Properties Limited, Inc. to realign Southwestern Boulevard and
combine it with Gateway Boulevard. Our concern is the impact of
this request on our West Side Thoroughfare Plan study which we plan
to start in January 1990. It was with this in mind that we
reviewed the request from prentiss.
To support their re~est, Prentiss retained DeShazo, Starek & Tang,
Inc. to provide an alternatives analysis for the realignment of
Southwestern. This analysis, submitted Dece~mber 14, 1989, compared
four alternative alignments including the alignment presented in
your existing Thoroughfare Plan. DS&T concluded that alternative
2 would allow for the greatest development potential of the
industrial sites and provide for the best movement of traffic
through the area.
From the standpoint of our pending study, we believe alternative 2
is an acceptable alignment in this area and does not significantly
detract from the intent of the existing Thoroughfare Plan
alignment. However, after review DS&T's report, we have a few
questions, namely:
o What is the impact on the other major thoroughfares in
this section of the City (Bethel Road, Belt Line Road,
Denton Tap Road)?;
How does Santa ~e Pacific, who owns the next tract to the
west, feel about alternative 2?;
o W~o will pay for the constr%~ction
Boulevard?;
o Are the indicated impacts to Airline
and,
o Where are all of the lO,600-plus trips
generated by Prentiss and Santa Fe Pacific?
do not show all of these.
of Southwestern
Road justified?;
that will be
The graphics
Mr. Russell R. Doyle.
City of Coppell
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We will have no prcblem if tbs City approves this request for the
realignment of Southwestern Boulevard. However, the above
questions should be addressed prior to approval. We do believe
that the final sizing of this thoroughfare should be based on the
results of our study, since this information will be the latest and
most accurate.
If you have any further questions, please call.
Sincerely,
BARTO?-AS~{MAN AS/~(~C. I ATES,
K_nneth 1R. Marshall, P.E.
Senior Associate
INC.
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