MCKINNEY, Texas — McKinney officials have scrapped plans to build an inverted deck park on State Highway 5 in McKinney after $15 million in federal funding as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was withdrawn. Instead, the city will redirect resources to improve ground-level crossings along the State Highway 5 corridor.
The McKinney City Council approved a resolution approving the redirection of efforts on Sept. 16.
“While this is certainly a change, I don’t think it stops or curbs the appetite to connect different areas of McKinney, and I think staff has done a great job of pivoting, if you will,” said McKinney Mayor Bill Cox during a city council work session ahead of the vote…