McKinney would ask the Texas Legislature to lower the prima facie speed limit on residential streets from 30 mph to 25 mph, pay for another stretch of taxiway repair at McKinney National Airport and give cities the power to charge roadway impact fees outside their limits, under a list of state priorities the City Council takes up Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The list is a consent item on the council's agenda. Staff recommends approval, and the resolution directs staff to hand the adopted priorities to the city's legislative consultants. The 90th session opens Jan. 12, 2027, and bill filing begins Nov. 9, according to the staff memo.
The city says it built the list with council members, its consultants, the Texas Municipal League, the North Texas Commission and neighboring cities.
Airport requests
The airport section is the most specific part of the document. It backs $5 million for phase 3 of the Taxiway A rehabilitation, from B2 north to A1, and state support for water, sewer, drainage and electric lines on the airport land east of Runway 18-36 and north of FM 546.
It also endorses two outside requests tied to the airport: $10 million sought by the Texas Department of Public Safety for terminal facilities and $10 million sought by Collin College for an aviation education building.
Roads and rail
On transportation, the city asks for more TxDOT money for new projects and maintenance, and for funding to be allocated properly to fast-growing places such as McKinney and Collin County. It also wants cities to have more flexibility in paying for local road projects.
The named projects include turning US 380 into a controlled-access highway, extending the Sam Rayburn Tollway from SH 121 to US 380, and building SH 5 from FM 546 to US 380 with sidewalks, lighting and a pedestrian crossing near Virginia Parkway and Louisiana Street. FM 546, FM 1461 and Laud Howell Parkway are listed as routes that would run parallel to US 380.
The list also backs giving cities the power to collect roadway impact fees on projects inside their extraterritorial jurisdiction, and counties the same power in unincorporated areas.
Two downtown rail items appear as well. The city wants construction money to carry Wilmeth Road over the DART line east of SH 5, and it wants the rail siding between Virginia and Broad streets moved north of US 380. The document says freight cars being switched there routinely block the Louisiana and Virginia street crossings for long stretches.
