Freight Mobility

Plan

December 6, 2017

Background

• The FAST Act requires each state to

“develop a freight plan that provides a

comprehensive plan for the immediate

and long-range planning activities and

investments of the State with respect

to freight.”

Stakeholder

Workshops

• First Round of

Stakeholder

Workshops held

February 8, 2017

• US 75 in Grayson

County is shown

on the Primary

Freight Network

• DNT is shown on

the National

Highway Freight

Network

Stakeholder

Workshops

• Second round of

stakeholder workshops

held June 27, 2017

• Showed US 75 from

Collin County to FM

1417 as a Potential

Critical Rural Freight

Corridor (CRFC)

• Had two options for

Critical Urban Freight

Corridors (US 75 was

on Option 1, but not

Option 2)

Current Status

• Minute Order

approved by the TTC

on Nov. 16, 2017

• US 75 designated as

both a Rural and

Urban Critical

Freight Corridor

from the county line

to SH 91 (Sherman)

Next Step

• A County-wide plan for a freight network that

reflects current conditions, anticipates future growth

and local, national, and international economic

conditions, recommends innovative solutions to freight

needs

– Determine the impact of freight on the regional economy,

– Identify supply chains in the region,

– Identify freight transportation assets,

– Identify warehousing, distribution and industry clusters,

– Prepare a map of the freight network in Grayson County

utilizing GIS,

– Assess the condition of the freight system in Grayson County,

– Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and

threats (SWOT) of the freight network in Grayson County,

– Determine funding and financing needs and options,

– Conduct stakeholder engagement throughout the process ,

and

– Develop an implementation strategy.

• An examination of the US 75 corridor in regards to

freight and how it compares to similar facilities

QUESTIONS?

• Sherman-Denison MPO website:

www.sdmpo.org

East Side of the Square, 1890

“Good fortune

is what

happens when

opportunity

meets with

planning.”

- Thomas A.

Edison