Prosper Approves One Million Dollar Utility Design Ahead of US 380 Widening

Prosper officials voted to award a $1,000,000 contract to Freese and Nichols, Inc. for design services to relocate major water and wastewater infrastructure along the US 380 corridor. The design scope covers relocation of about 9,100 feet of 30 inch water main and roughly 3,100 feet of 8 inch wastewater main along the stretch between Coit and Custer roads. The relocation is a prerequisite for the Texas Department of Transportation widening project, which will expand the highway and frontage roads.

Town leaders described the effort as necessary to avoid repeated outages and to sequence work so utility moves and highway construction do not conflict. The design contract will define alignments, construction phasing, and coordination points with TxDOT so both utility contractors and highway crews can proceed with minimal overlap. Freese and Nichols, Inc. will produce engineering plans and specifications that the town will use to bid future construction work.

For area residents and businesses the immediate effect will be planning and early design activity rather than ground breaking. However the town and TxDOT expect the relocation to be tied closely to the timing of the highway widening, which could mean staged construction along the corridor in coming months and years. Residents along Coit and Custer roads should monitor town communications for notices about temporary service adjustments, lane shifts, or short term utility outages once construction begins.

The initiative fits into a broader pattern of infrastructure work in fast growing North Texas suburbs, where road capacity projects must be coordinated with aging and sometimes undersized utilities. By investing in design now, Prosper seeks to protect water and wastewater service reliability while positioning the community to absorb growth and improved regional mobility. Future construction contracts and schedules will be presented to the council as design milestones and TxDOT planning advance.