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Oakbend Add/PP-CS 890922The City With A Beautiful Future September 22, 1989 P.O. Box 478 Coppell, Texas 75019 214-462-0022 Mr. Jerry Lacy L.H. Lacy Company 10888 Shady Trail Dallas, Texas 75354-1297 SUBJECT: Freeport Parkway, RealiGnment Study Dear Mr. Lacy: We received your request for consideration to review the future alignment of Freeport Parkway, in conjunction with your re-zoning request and preliminary plat, for the Oak Bend Subdivision. The request you submitted was provided to Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., Consultants, for the Coppell ThorouGhfare Plan Update, and you will find attached a recommendation rendered by Mr. Roy Wilshire, P.E., of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. As you indicated in your August 17, 1989 letter to me, your company is prepared to assist in financing the review of the Freeport Parkway realignment study, up to $750.00. The total amount for subject study is $500.00. Please send this amount, payable to the City of Coppell, and the City will then forward this amount to Kimley-Horn and Associates for services rendered. If you have any questions regarding the attached recommendation, please let us know. Sincerely, Alan D. Ratliff City Manager ADR/TB/lsg attachment xc: Frank Trando, Finance Director/Deputy City Manager Russell Doyle, City Engineer Taryon Bo~an, P&Z Coordinator IKimley. Horn I Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. ENGINEERS · PLANNERS * SURVEYORS 12660 Coit Road, Suite 200 Dallas, Texas75251 214 386-7007 Facsimile 214 239-3820 August 28, 1989 Mr. Russell Doyle City of Coppell Post Office Box 478 Coppell, Texas 75019 Re: Alignment of Freeport Parkway Dear Mr. Doyle: In response to your request and authorization, we have considered alternative alignments for an extension of Freeport Parkway north of Bethel Road, and offer the following recommendations. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED Freeport Parkway has been improved as a major thoroughfare from Bethel Road south to 1H-635. At IH-635, an interchange is provided which accommodates movements in all directions. Further south, Freeport Parkway in Irving passes through the DFW Freeport development, interchanges with SH-114 freeway, and provides access to airport industrial uses at DFW International Airport. From Bethel Road north, two alternatives were considered: Alternative A From the Bethel Road/Freeport Parkway intersection, this alternative goes due north, crossing Cottonwood Branch at a point midway between State and Coppell Roads, intersecting Sandy Lake Road at Coppeli Road north. From this point, it proceeds along Coppell Road then curves to the northwest to a planned interchange with SH-121 freeway. Alternative B From the Bethel Road/Freeport Parkway intersection, this alternative uses a reverse curve alignment to reach State Road, follows State Road to Sandy Lake Road, and then curves to the northwest to the same planned interchange with SH-121 freeway. FACTORS TO CONSIDER The following factors should be considered in selecting the preferred alignment: · Alternative A is shown on the adopted thoroughfare plan of the City of Coppell. North of SH-121, Freeport Parkway is shown on the Denton County Thoroughfare Plan to be an extension of Garden Ridge Boulevard. This is confirmed by Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Terra Properties master plans. Garden Ridge interchanges with IH-35E at the current Highland Drive location just south of Lake Lewisville. As a continuous thoroughfare, it becomes an alternative route to IH-35E for traffic with destinations in the DFW Airport and Mid-Cities areas. Garden Ridge/Freeport Parkway will be a route of "regional significance" carrying heavy volumes of employment oriented and commercial traffic. In other words, because of its regional function, if should not be viewed as a residential thoroughfare. D~7'ta~9191 o5 rd. r'h~,'2_ Anat~e~m · Charlotte * Dallas * Fort Laudercllte · Fort Myer~ * Nashville · Oflln~o * PhOemx Raleigh * San D~ego * Stuar~ ~ T&mDa ', Vero Beach · Virginia Belch · West Pa, lin Bell, Ch B u , Id i n g client r ell tion I h i p $ ~.~ n c e 1967 Mr. Russell -2- August 28, 1989 · The aligriment of Alternative B uses an existing road (State), which means that some right-of- way is already in public use. · The alternative routes are virtually equal in length -- approximately two miles. · Topography along the alignment of Alternative B is more conducive for roadway construction, and the crossing of Cottonwood Branch would be less expensive. · Alternative A alignment places a major regional thoroughfare adjacent to existing residential uses. Alternative A creates irregular triangular parcels when it leaves Coppell Road (north) to begin its curve to the northwest. Coppell Road must also be curved to intersect, creating other triangular parcels which are either difficult to develop or require property exchanges to develop effectively. In contrast, the transition curves on NCH property occur within a large parcel and can be accommodated. · Multiple large tract owners support Alternative B. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that Alternative B be adopted as the route of a future six-lane divided thoroughfare and the City's thoroughfare plan changed accordingly. This recommendation is based on the opinion that Alternative B offers: · Effective use of existing right-of-way, · high level of protection for existing residential developments, · better alignment for connection to SH-121 interchange, · least expensive location to cross Cottonwood Branch, and · the potential for earl>, implementation of a continuous roadway in this corridor through use of short-term improvements to State Road. Please advise if you need additional information. Very truly yours, KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. . Wilshire, P.E. Senior Vice President dd DtOg2'~8~Olgl05r~r~?