The Town of Flower Mound has received $11MM funding to widen Morriss Road from a 4 lane residential street to a 6 lane thoroughfare. They say we need this to accommodate future growth. In fact, their expansion plan will accommodate 28,000-42,000 vehicles on Morriss Road per day!
Proposed expansion is from 407 south 6.6 miles to 2499. The median will be removed and 2 lanes will be added. Morriss Road will then be similar to 2499 and 1171.
Development planning begins March, 2009 and construction begins mid 2010
STOPMORRISS6 represents a group of residents/constituents that oppose this expansion. Here’s why:
- Morriss is lined with RESIDENTIAL neighborhoods.
- THIS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES.
- 2 schools reside on this road: Forestwood MS and Marcus HS. We are gravely concerned about the safety of the children that have to cross, walk along or drive Morriss Road.
- The city have NO plans or funds for Sound Barriers
- Adding lanes = more cars:
o This will increase traffic noise significantly for homeowners
o More traffic increases the likelihood of accidents and impacts the safety of children walking to/from school along Morriss Road
The Flower Mound Town Council will only listen if we have enough people and subdivisions voicing their concern. There is power in numbers!
What you can do:
Mark your calendars now to come to the STOPMORRISS6 meeting on:
7:30 pm Tuesday March 10th
Location will be posted on our blog site noted below
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I have to say that the town had originally planned to expand morriss to 6 lanes 27 years ago. Yes, their will be more traffic, but if you don't expand morriss, traffic on 2499 and eventually garden ridge will only get progressively worse. Best of luck to stopping something that was already approved by voters last year.
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