Implementation of the Lewisville 2025 vision plan is a multi-year process, with steps being taken each year toward the shared community vision of Lewisville. Below are steps expected to be started or completed during 2024.

Construction of John Ashman Fire Training Complex

• The Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Highland Village fire departments agreed in 2021 to design, construct, and share use of a fire training facility. A ground breaking ceremony (pictured above) for the $6.8 million project was held in January 2024. The project will consist of two separate structures: a three-and-a-half story commercial building that will simulate commercial and multi-family fire scenarios, and a two-story residential property that will simulate residential fire scenarios. The current fire tower on the property will remain in use. In January 2024 , it was announced the new complex will be called the John Ashman Fire Training Complex. Chief Ashman began his career with Lewisville Fire Department in 1983. He became Division Chief of Training in 2016, and served in that capacity until his passing in May 2023. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2024.

Creation of Business 121 Corridor Plan

• The City is working to create the Business 121 Corridor Plan, which will help guide future strategy and funding related to the look, feel, and functionality of an eight-mile corridor that crosses Lewisville, connecting to a variety of destinations, businesses, neighborhoods, and Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area. Public input is being collected to help identify safety, beautification, and economic development strategies to improve this roadway for all users. The study area includes the SH-121 Business corridor from the southern city limits to Sam Rayburn Tollway. The 121 Business Corridor Plan is expected to be completed in late 2024.

Old Town Streets Projects

• West College from Mill Street to Cowan Avenue - The bid for construction will happen this spring. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The project includes new street pavement, utilities, drainage improvements, sidewalks, and traffic calming measures. Sidewalks in this project will be extended to Wayne Frady Park.
• East College Street from Mill Street to Railroad Street - The bid for construction will happen in late 2024. Construction is expected to begin in early 2025. The project will include pavement, wide sidewalks, bike lane improvements, street parking, pedestrian scale lighting, landscaping, and some street furniture.
• Elm/Purnell Streets - Construction is underway. Improvements include concrete pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street parking, pedestrian scale lighting, underground electric and communications utilities, and landscaping. Limits on Elm Street are from Charles to Mill and Poydras limits are from Elm to the north terminus.
• N. Mill Street from Hedgerow Lane to Tennie Drive - Construction is underway. Improvements include new concrete pavement, bike lanes, utilities and drainage improvements.
• NW Old Town Streets - This project will impact as many as nine streets north of Main Street. It is currently under design. Plan review is set for Summer 2024. Construction could begin in early 2025. The project will include new utilities, replace existing sidewalks and drainage improvements. The City will complete construction with an asphalt overlay to improve the pavement.

Corporate Drive Extension Milestones

• Design of the Corporate Drive extension project, which is shown in multi-stage colors on the map, was completed in 2022. A significant portion of the funding for this project is Regional Toll Revenue funding. In December 2023, Sundt Construction Inc., was hired to build Segments 2 and 3 of this project at a cost of approximately $43 million. The project includes new street paving, sidewalk and trail improvements, and drainage and water improvements. Construction has begun on Segment 2 (shown in yellow on the map). It is roughly 5,900 feet of a four-lane divided roadway that runs from Railroad Street to the west side of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.
• Construction is expected to be completed in Summer 2026.
• Construction also has begun on Segment 3. It is roughly 2,000-feet of a four-lane divided roadway bridge over the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Construction is expected to be completed in Summer 2026.
• Segment 4 (shown in blue on the map) will bid for construction in March 2024. It is roughly 5,500 feet long of a four-lane divided roadway that runs from the east side of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River to Carrollton Parkway. A construction contract could be awarded as early as April 2024.

Completion of Windhaven Railroad Crossing

• Segment 6 of the Corporate Drive extension project is 1,500 feet of divided roadway (the red section on the map) from Cookie Lane to Brown Knight Lane. This project includes an approximately 100-foot-long railroad bridge, new roadway underpass, permanent railroad tracks, retaining walls, and new utilities and drainage. Sundt Construction Inc. began construction on the roughly $16.6 million project in Spring 2022. Construction is expected to be completed in Spring 2024. Once complete, drivers will have a new connector option to get from the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Lewisville to the Dallas North Tollway in Plano.

TxDot Construction of Three I-35E Intersections Intensifies

• Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is making progress on the reconstruction of three interchanges along I-35E. In late 2023, the City completed the rerouting of water and utility lines at the Main Street intersection. TxDot has started grading the embankment and pouring concrete footers for the new overpass. In early 2024, the City will complete the rerouting of water and utility lines at the Corporate Drive and SH-121Business intersections. The new intersections will be widened to accommodate the full future width of I-35E. The Main Street bridge will be lengthened and widened, and the Edmonds Lane median opening will be closed off and the signal light removed. At SH-121 Business, Texas Street and the service roads will be reconfigured into a more conventional layout. At Corporate Drive, the interchange will go under I-35E, similar to the FM 407 interchange. Construction on all three locations is expected to take several years.

Indian Oaks Streets Project

• Construction started in late 2023 on a $9.1 million project in the Indian Oaks neighborhood. This is one of the final projects in the voter-approved 2015 bond package. Nine streets will undergo major renovations. Pinpointed in the map, those streets are: 1. Silver Cloud Circle 2. Babbling Brook Court 3. Little Fawn Court 4. Babbling Brook Drive 5. Firewater Circle 6. Wanderlust Drive 7. Sweet Springs Street 8. Spring Creek Lane 9. Buffalo Bend Drive The neighborhood upgrades will include replacing asphalt roadways with concrete pavement, regrading the roadside ditches to provide better drainage, and installing new water and sewer lines. Axis Contracting will replace a total of 6,240 linear feet of existing 24-foot-wide asphalt roadway with side ditches with a new 24-foot-wide concrete street with side ditches. The City’s goal is to maintain the existing look and feel of the neighborhood, so there are no plans to install sidewalks, curbs, or gutters with this project. Construction is expected to be completed in Summer 2025.

Timber Creek Trail Construction

• Work will soon begin on the Timber Creek Trail extension. The yellow line on the map shows a general area where the nearly one-mile-long trail will go. It will run along Timber Creek, cross under South SH-121 Business and connect to East Corporate Drive. This trail was identified as a future trail in the 2013 Trails Master Plan, but bumped up to a priority project in 2019 during the Urban Land Institute National Study visit of the triangle area. PARD is working with TBG Landscape Architects, Planners & Designers on the design, which may include a mix of concrete and boardwalk materials. When the design is complete, the project will go out for bid. Construction will begin once a contractor is selected. That is expected to happen sometime this summer. The trail is expected to have public art included in the design.

Centennial Celebration Planning

• Lewisville was settled in 1844 but did not incorporate as a city until 1925, making 2025 the city’s 100th birthday. The local population in 1925 was 814 people, many of them farmers or owners of businesses that served the farming community. Most commerce was located on Main Street, where the core of Old Town Lewisville is located today, or near the railroad depot close to the current DCTA Old Town Station. Many descendants of those first Lewisville residents still live in the area today. To mark this momentous milestone, a Centennial Celebration Committee of community volunteers will plan and carry out a year-long celebration that includes historical preservation, public events, and lasting memorial tributes. One goal of the celebration is to ensure that all residents feel as if they are a part of the party and are involved in marking Lewisville’s deep historic roots and bright future. The group will meet throughout 2024 and into 2025. A basic plan for the year-long celebration will be submitted to the City Council as part of the FY 2024-25 budgeting process. Public announcements will follow late this year and into 2025.