Custer Road (FM2478) Traffic Switch
Traffic will be channeled into its permanent lane configuration Wednesday, May 16, 2012 beginning at 3 a.m. Please see
attached flyer from Texas Department of Transportation.
Chunk Your Junk
Get rid of your junk on May 19, 2012. Please
click here for information on the City of McKinney's Office of Environmental Stewardship's Chunk your Junk program.
Yellow Flashing Arrows
McKinney is implementing a new left-turn traffic signal display that will include flashing yellow arrows. Flashing yellow arrows are being added to traffic signals to make intersections safer, reduce wait times and provide greater signal timing flexibility. Crews began installing signals with flashing yellow arrows this week.
At intersections with this new configuration, the flashing yellow arrow means left turns are permitted, but drivers must first yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians, then turn with caution because oncoming traffic has a green light.
A steady yellow arrow means the left-turn signal is about to change to red, and drivers should prepare to stop, or prepare to complete the left turn if the car is within the intersection. The green arrow still means it is safe to make a protected left turn.
Found
20" boys bike on the golf course near the corner of Double Eagle Drive and Zaharias Drive. Owner can email Chris Petty at
cjpetty13@gmail.com or call 214-243-3023 to identify.
Construction Update
The Eldorado Pkwy. Exit from northbound U.S. 75 will be closed. In order to access Eldorado Pkwy. from northbound U.S. 75, drivers should take Exit 38B and continue northbound on the frontage road to Eldorado Pkwy. The Eldorado Pkwy. Exit from northbound SRT to northbound U.S. 75 also will be closed. In order to get to Eldorado Pkwy. from northbound SRT, drivers should exit SRT to the frontage road and continue to the U.S. 75 frontage road to Eldorado Pkwy. For additional alternate routes and more information on the project, visit
www.mckinneytexas.org/construction.
Drought Continues
Watering still allowed once weekly under relaxed Stage 3 water restrictions. Recent record rains, updated weather projections and successful conservation efforts have helped reduce pressure on the area’s water supplies, prompting McKinney’s water supplier, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) to ease Stage 3 drought restrictions effective April 1. McKinney residents and businesses are still only allowed to use landscape watering systems once weekly, but other measures have relaxed. Under Stage 3 of the drought plan, residents and businesses can only use irrigation systems to water landscapes once per week if needed on the scheduled trash pick-up day. The watering schedules for commercial properties are determined by the residential trash zone where the property is located.
Activities now allowed under Stage 3 include:
* Operation of ornamental fountains
* Hydroseeding, hydromulching, and sprigging
* Swimming pools may now be drained and refilled
The city is still maintaining efforts to reduce water use, and residents are urged to continue to conserve water. While residents and businesses are allowed to water once weekly, they are encouraged not to water at all unless needed.
Restrictions under Stage 3 include:
* No outdoor watering is allowed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6
p.m.
* No hosing of paved areas, buildings or windows at any time.
* No washing or rinsing of vehicles by free-running hose.
* No use of water that allows runoff or other water waste.
* No landscape watering during any form of precipitation.
Stage 3 measures are still necessary primarily because Lake Texoma, which typically is 28 percent of the district’s water supply, remains inaccessible because of a zebra mussel infestation. The NTMWD cannot legally transport water from Lake Texoma and risk transporting zebra mussels, an invasive species, across state lines. According to the NTMWD, Stage 3 is still necessary to ensure an adequate water supply through the next two summers while a new pipeline is being constructed that will allow NTMWD to resume using Lake Texoma.
To report a water violation, call the water restriction hotline at 972-439-1059. For more information, visit
www.mckinneytexas.org/waterrestrictions.
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