2017-058 McKinney St ISRDate: August 11, 2017 Report No. 2017-058
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Provide an update and information on the McKinney Street project.
BACKGROUND:
McKinney Street from Loop 288 east to Grissom Road was formerly known as FM426, a TxDOT
road. The City currently has a capital project to rebuild the road to current City design standards.
The project is funded at $18.27 million, with funds sourced from Denton County’s apportionment
of Regional Toll Revenues as managed by the Regional Transportation Council of the North
Central Texas Council of Governments.
DISCUSSION:
McKinney Street is an important east-west street that allows access to multiple neighborhoods on
the City’s east side and to Billy Ryan High School. The street has been “on-system” as a TxDOT
road designated as FM426, but has been scheduled to be taken “off-system” and placed into the
City’s inventory of streets. Associated with the change of status of the street is a project to
reconstruct the street to current City design standards.
There have been some concerns about project timing and availability. Based on discussions with
the North Central Texas Council of Governments, it has been indicated that work must have
commenced by September 30, 2018 to demonstrate viability of the project and receive project
funding.
The project will improve McKinney Street from Loop 288 to Grissom Road to a four-lane divided
curb and gutter cross section, as well as improve the Loop 288/McKinney intersection. In addition,
sidewalks would be added along McKinney Street, an important improvement due to the street’s
use as a primary route to a high school.
City staff is in contract negotiations to hire an engineering firm for the first phase of the McKinney
Street design-build project to provide 30% plans for the project, along with RFQ and RFP
documents to allow the city to hire a design-build team. Completing this first phase should take
approximately 18 months and is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. By the end of 2018,
a design-build team should be hired and take approximately until July 2020 to complete final
construction and opening of the improved roadway.
The Mobility Committee and City Council have requested that the option of building the sidewalks
before the roadway be evaluated by the contractor. In accordance, staff will request that the
contractor include a design preference to have at least one side of sidewalk (preferred along the
north side of the roadway) installed prior to roadway reconstruction. As feasible, significant safety
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barriers and a safety plan would be implemented. DCTA and Denton ISD are providing bus
services for students within a certain radius until a sidewalk is constructed.
Key dates are included on the chart below, including estimated dates that the sidewalk portion of
the project will be constructed. Future dates are for planning purposes, and are best current
estimates:
STAFF CONTACT:
Galen L. Gillum
Director of Capital Projects
galen.gillum@cityofdenton.com
(940) 349-7656
Date Activity
12/15/2015 Denton City Council voted to begin the process of taking FM426 (McKinney St.) off the
TxDOT system
6/30/2016 Texas Transportation Commission approves removal of FM426 from TxDOT system
12/1/2016 Surface Transportation Technical Committee of the North Central Texas Council of
Governments approves transfer of the funds from on-system to off-system
1/5/2017 TxDOT executed agreement to move the road off-system
1/12/2017 Regional Transportation Council approves the off-system project
4/6/2017 City of Denton received the funds for the project
9/12/2017 Plan to have 30% design consultant contract to Denton City Council requesting approval
10/1/2017 Consultant begins design work, focusing first on sidewalks to provide a safe route to
Ryan High School
1/1/2018 Issue RFQ to establish top 3 qualified Design-Build teams
4/18/2018 Design completed for the McKinney St. sidewalk(s)
5/1/2018 Work begins on the McKinney St. sidewalk(s)
5/1/2018 30% design plans completed by consultant
6/15/2018 Issue RFP to top 3 Design-Build teams for selection of major street re-constructor
Design-Build team
8/17/2018 Work completed on the McKinney St. sidewalk
9/30/2018 Date that construction must have commenced by to demonstrate viability of the project
to the Regional Transportation Council
1/1/2019 Selected Design-Build team begins the major street re-construction activities
7/1/2020 All work on McKinney St. project complete