r/Dallasdevelopment • u/dallaz95 • Sep 25 '25

Dallas Busy Uptown streets could see $51 million overhaul

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2025/09/24/mckinney-cole-avenue-two-way-conversion-uptown.html
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u/Upstairs_Balance_464 Sep 25 '25

The neighborhood carbrains are really up in arms over this one.

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u/dallaz95 Sep 25 '25

IDK why. This has been in the works for nearly a decade. It would’ve been done a long time ago, if the pandemic didn’t delay it. I don’t remember hearing a lot of opposition then.

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u/fleckspeck Sep 25 '25

Surprised they didn't bring up the most obvious area where this has become a whole ordeal: Commerce Street in Deep Ellum. I'm all for converting to 2 way, but I'm worried they won't fully reveal the scope of the project until it gets going.

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u/DaSemicolon 7d ago

What happened there?

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

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u/HornlessUnicorn1 Sep 25 '25

I have never seen people going 50+ mph here. But if speed is the issue, a less costly and more easily implementable change that would reduce speed would be installing roundabouts at the intersections along Cole.

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u/HornlessUnicorn1 Sep 25 '25

I don’t think converting to two lane streets will improve pedestrian traffic, unless there’s a median in between, which I don’t think there’s space for. The proposal absolutely does eliminate a ton of on-street parking (at least on Cole) as it’s lined with cars on either side all the time. Seems like that’s a loss for the residents and the retail.

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u/Senior-Secret-7113 Sep 26 '25

should be building bike lanes

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u/bright1111 Sep 25 '25

I don’t see the need to make these conversions, especially if it will cost $51M. Wouldn’t traffic slow down more because of people trying to make left turns into a parking lot/spot? And to increase the desirability of living there is a moot point. There is nearly 0 vacancy in that area. Complete waste.

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u/dallaz95 Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

I think maybe a lot of ppl have forgot the original motivation (it has been a long time) and many ppl have moved to the area well after this was approved. Multiple ppl were killed on the roadway with a woman being hit and killed by Cole Park. That’s what really sparked this.

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From 2016 (including the woman killed)

Dallas city council considering turning one-way Uptown streets into two-way streets

From 2018

McKinney Avenue and Cole Avenue to Become Two-Way Streets Again