US 377 widening through Aubrey has no construction money yet, and land buying is on hold

The long-planned rebuild of US 377 through Aubrey is still moving on paper, but the money to buy the remaining land and build the road is not there yet, according to the latest monthly transportation report from Denton County Commissioner Ryan Williams' Precinct 1 office.

The project would turn US 377 from US 380 north to Business US 377 into a six-lane divided road with a raised median, replacing today's two-lane undivided rural highway. The report puts the estimated construction cost at about $362.1 million and lists construction funding at $0, with the bid date marked "pending funding."

Land purchases paused

Of the 267 parcels needed for the wider road, 56 remain to be acquired, the September report says. Acquisition of those has been put on hold "due to District budgetary constraints," a reference to TxDOT's Dallas District. The same note appears on other Denton County projects in the report, including later phases of FM 1385 and the US 380 rebuild through Prosper and Frisco.

The schedule in the report reflects the delay. It projects land acquisition finishing in September 2029, final plans the same month and utility relocations by September 2031, with the project ready to go to bid at that point if funding is in place.

Design split into five pieces

Design work continues. TxDOT gave the county's engineering firm, TNP, separate project numbers in April for five segments, the report says:

• US 380 to north of Arvin Hill Road
• north of Arvin Hill Road to north of FM 428/Spring Hill Road
• north of Spring Hill Road to north of Friendship Road
• north of Friendship Road to north of South Business US 377
• South Business US 377 to Business US 377 East

Plans for all five are being taken to 95% completion and will be submitted to TxDOT separately. The first package is expected to go to TxDOT for review in December, after the plan set is revised for changes at FM 424. Coordination meetings were held with TxDOT's area office in August and with TxDOT and other project staff in September.

The county has put about $12 million toward the US 377 project, according to the report's funding summary, which lists the total cost, including other expenses, at about $374.1 million.

FM 2931 also waiting

Another road on Aubrey's south side is in a similar spot. FM 2931 between US 380 and FM 428 is slated to widen from two rural lanes to a six-lane urban road, built first as four lanes. Its estimated construction cost is about $127.7 million, and the report again lists no construction funding and a pending bid date.

Plans were scheduled to be complete in June, utility relocations are projected to wrap up in March 2028, and CoServ Electric is relocating lines along one section now.

Sources

dentoncounty.gov

dentoncounty.gov