Collin County's consultants will be in a Nevada middle school cafeteria Tuesday evening to show how the southeast stretch of the Collin County Outer Loop has been drawn, the last scheduled chance for in-person questions before county commissioners consider the project's environmental review.
The open house runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Leland Edge Middle School, 620 N. FM 1138. Visitors should park on the north side of the school and use the cafeteria door there. There is no formal presentation; display boards will be up and county representatives will take questions.
The route in question
The project covers Segments 2 and 4 of the planned 55-mile loop, a roughly 14-mile piece that starts at County Road 656 in Farmersville and ends where Collin meets Rockwall County.
When the county first mapped the corridor, the 2009 study defined Segment 2 as running from U.S. 380 to FM 6, and a 2010 study set Segment 4 from FM 6 to the Rockwall line, according to the project's frequently asked questions.
The county settled on what it calls the Pink Alignment in November 2025, including a westward shift through the middle of the study area. Since then, engineers have refined the design and studied effects on property, floodplains and planned development, the meeting notice says.
How it would be built
The answers posted on the project site lay out a long build. The county plans to buy the full 500-foot right-of-way for an eventual freeway after commissioners approve the Local Environmental Document, a process it says could take several years. The first construction would be a single two-lane frontage road carrying traffic in both directions, with main lanes added later as traffic and funding allow.
The county has not decided which side's frontage road comes first.
Current designs call for 45 mph frontage roads and 70 mph main lanes, the FAQ says, though those speeds could change. Lighting has not been decided.
