Why did HNTB and Collin County present government maps projecting 2030 traffic congestion  when the maps had nothing to do whatsoever with the Lavon Bridge crossing?
 

 

October 7th, NCTCOG confirmed none of their maps assume the existence of a bridge across Lavon Lake. Thus, the low to moderate projected traffic congestion in 2030 is not a result of a Lavon Lake Bridge, rather it is a result of a completed outer loop and Hwy 78 along with other roadways that have a "funding source (that) can be identified."

We asked  HNTB and Collin County to show us a map that predicts and compares the difference in traffic with a Lavon Lake bridge and without it.  Collin County and HNTB have said such a study does not exist. 

The "Project Need and Purpose" slides in the HNTB presentation may as well be blank. Yet, they've been used in multiple meetings to support this bridge!

We find it incomprehensible that Collin County is willing to spend hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars when no study specific to the lake area shows the need for it.

At the October 7th meeting Mr. Delgado and an HNTB official stated that the bridge was needed to address the population growth in the southeast of Collin County.

The projected population increase on the east side of the lake is sparse compared to the massive growth in the west.  Population projections for 2030 around the lake do not support the need for a bridge.  A bridge across the lake is hugely out of balance, considering cost per person served.

The Ultimate build-out for the County:
Population Projections for Nevada, Josephine and Lavon - 73, 700 or 3.4% of Collin County
Employment Projections for Nevada, Josephine, and Lavon - 26, 200 or 2.15% of Collin County

Even by 2030, ten years after the bridges targeted completion, the total population of ALL areas east of the lake (Farmersville, Josephine, Nevada, Lavon, & Royse City are projected to have only 7.5% of the total population of Collin County