Town Plans Extension to West Windsor Drive

In an effort to shift traffic from 1171, the Town of Flower Mound Transportation Commission has proposed extending West Windsor to meet up with Long Prairie Rd (FM 2499). This will create another entrance into Bridlewood subdivision and change West Windsor Drive from a residential street into a major thoroughfare. This increased traffic will endanger our children who use the trail along this road and reduce the enjoyment of our homes.

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What You Can Do:

Sign an Online Petition

Have every registered voter in your household sign the petition.
PETITION LINK: http://www.petitiononline.com/Windsor/petition.html

Stay Informed:

• To join the email list, send an email to SaveWindsor "at" Yahoo.com
• check back here for the latest developments

Make your voice heard:

• Talk to your elected officials & Town staff. Emails addresses are listed below.
• Attend the Planning and Zoning Meeting on December 8th.
• Tell your neighbors

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The Flower Mound Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to review the proposed Master Transportion Plan on December 8th at 6:30 pm in City Hall. Please attend and make your opinion heard.

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View Interactive Map: http://www.softwheresolutions.com/windsor/default.aspx

Make your voice heard

Email your opinions about the expansion of West Windsor to every member of the Town Council, the Mayor, the Town Manager, and the Planning and Zoning Commission. Express the reasons why you believe the West Windsor Extension is a bad idea in your own words.
Their e-mail addresses are:

• Mayor Jody Smith
• Place 1 Councilmember, Joel D. Lindsey
• Place 2 Councilmember, Al Filidoro
• Place 3 Councilmember, Tim Trotter
• Place 4 Councilmember, Jean M. Levenick
• Place 5 Councilmember, Jeff Tasker

• Paula Paschal, Town Secretary NOTE: Please specify to Ms. Paschal that you want your email read into the public record on December 8th.
• Harlan Jefferson, Town Manager
• Cindi Price, Administrative Assistant, Planning Let Ms Price know that you would like your email forwarded to every member of the P&Z commission

Let the City planners know what you think about the West Windsor Extension project at planning@flower-mound.com

Details from Transportation Commission meeting

Thanks to Michael Flores who researched the agenda items from the Transportation Commission meeting on November 11th.

Here is the agenda item recommending the extension of West Windsor (1.5 Mb). Also included is an excerpt from the proposed Master Plan. The relevent portions are highlighted in red.

You can download the full presentation of the Master Plan (15 mb).

This document mentions the reason for proposing the extension of West Windsor is to shift 4500 trips a day from FM 1171 to West Windsor Drive.

Note that a memo to the Town Council dated December 2002 estimates the increased traffic from the West Windsor Extension at 12,000 trips a day.
I have contacted the City for clarification and will post their response.

Would it really save time?

The extension of West Windsor Drive is intended to provide a shortcut to FM 2499 (Long Prairie Rd) for residents of Bridlewood so they can avoid traveling on FM 1171 (Cross Timbers Rd). While it is less direct, exiting via Bridlewood Blvd onto FM 1171 and turning on FM 2499 is only 1.5 miles longer than the direct route to arrive at the same point. Granted with all the construction on FM 1171 and FM 2499, we all want to avoid them lately. But once those additional lanes are opened, I suspect it will be much quicker to use FM 1171 to reach FM 2499 than speeding along a residential street like West Windsor.

How close are you?

Many homes are located very close to West Windsor Drive.

My home is only 24 feet from the curb.

How close is your home?

Save Windsor documents

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View Interactive Map: http://www.softwheresolutions.com/windsor/default.aspx

The following documents may be downloaded:
Petition Word Document: Paper petition form
Save West Windsor Drive flier as PDF: The original flier from David McCourt
West Windsor Drive flier for Bridlewood as PDF: flier from Save Windsor Committee
West Windsor Drive flier for Pecan Acres / Westchester as PDF: flier from Save Windsor Committee