Seth Garcia, interim director of capital projects for the City of Denton, told a joint meeting of the Denton City Council and the Denton ISD Board of Trustees on April 1 that the city has multiple street and sidewalk projects underway or about to begin that will affect school access and bus routes.

Garcia said the largest project, Bonnie Brae Phase 6, will widen a rural section to a four‑lane divided roadway, add enhanced pedestrian facilities, traffic signals and utilities and is currently under construction. "We started last month," he said, and the city anticipates construction complete in quarter 2 of 2027 while work to provide permanent water service to Reeves Elementary is targeted for April 2025.

The city is also moving forward with Riney Road East, a continuation of State Highway 436 to U.S. 77 that will include roadway widening, pedestrian facilities, utility relocations and a park trail connecting North Lakes Park to the new Reeves Elementary. Garcia said that project is in design and construction is expected to start in the third quarter of 2025 with a completion target of quarter 2, 2026.

An east–west portion of the Westgate project was out for bid; Garcia said bids were expected to close the week following the meeting and that a temporary lane configuration could open in fall 2025. Additional north–south and Windsor portions remain in design, and right‑of‑way acquisition work is under way.

Garcia also described the Neighborhood 2 and 6 street‑rehab package from the city’s 2019 bond program, a multi‑segment reconstruction effort covering utility replacement and pedestrian improvements that has been in construction since quarter 3, 2023 and is expected to finish by quarter 4, 2026. He added that Neighborhood 1B, another construction manager‑at‑risk package covering roughly 40 roadway segments, began construction in early 2025 with an estimated completion of quarter 4, 2026.

On school‑focused projects, the city described multiple Safe Routes to School sidewalk contracts awarded in March 2025 that will install new five‑foot sidewalks near several campuses, with priority scheduling to install segments near schools over the summer so they are ready when classes resume. Garcia said the full Safe Routes program completion is projected by quarter 4, 2026, but emphasized that sidewalk segments closest to schools will be expedited to finish by August or September 2025.

City and school officials discussed coordination steps: the city is tracking about 80 capital projects that are in design or construction and roughly 15 in active construction that could involve detours or closures. Garcia pointed trustees to the city's street closure report and an email‑subscription feature at discussdenton.com for updates. Trustees and district representatives raised questions about bus route impacts and timing for specific closures; Garcia said staff will work with Denton ISD on traffic control, paving and scheduling to reduce overlap where possible.

District trustees asked about specific sidewalk alignments and right‑of‑way constraints on projects near Nettie Schultz and Emerson, and Garcia said topography and existing property grades drove some design choices, including retained walls that made one side of the street preferable for new sidewalks. He confirmed the district's Reeves Elementary will open in August 2025 and said the city will coordinate traffic control and paving around the school opening.

Officials stressed continued coordination as the city executes multiple overlapping contracts, and Garcia closed by inviting further questions and promising staff follow‑up on timing and route impacts.