one of the fastest-growing counties in the country<\/a> \u2014 the roadway is part of a long-term plan to manage inevitable growth. Town leaders tell WFAA the town has been talking about the road for almost three decades.<\/p>\n“Fairview Parkway will deliver tremendous economic potential to the Town of Fairview, and completion of construction was made possible by generous contributions from Collin County (nearly $8 million) and Billingsley Company (almost $2.75 million),” read a statement from the town.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing that is here happened by chance,\u201d said Hubbard.<\/p>\n
Hubbard believes the parkway will become a key connector, helping relieve congestion along Highway 5 and improving access for residents in Fairview, Allen and McKinney. The road is designed to handle up to 30,000 vehicles a day once development builds out.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeeping it country doesn\u2019t mean no growth, it means smart or strategic growth,\u201d Hubbard said.<\/p>\n
City officials say Fairview Parkway was built with both present and future drivers in mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis road serves both cut-through traffic and local demand, future demand,\u201d town engineer James Chancellor said.<\/p>\n
Right now, much of the surrounding land remains open and natural. But that landscape is expected to change as mixed-use developments move in over the coming years.<\/p>\n
“The project marks another major step toward the development of Sloan Corners, where Billingsley Company plans to develop 240 acres into a thriving mixed-use development with millions of square feet of commercial, office, residential and retail space along with open space and trails,” read a statement from the town.<\/p>\n
Despite being open to drivers, the parkway is so new that it does not yet appear on many digital maps.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut on Google Earth, the aerial photo, it already shows up in satellite imagery, the road is there,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
City leaders say they aimed to stay ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually, cities are reactive; we wanted to be proactive,\u201d Hubbard said.<\/p>\n
For now, Fairview Parkway remains a rare sight in North Texas \u2014 a smooth, quiet road waiting for traffic to catch up. But as Collin County continues to grow, that silence is expected to be temporary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders have been talking about Fairview Parkway for almost three decades. The road is designed to handle up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-174019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}