ROWLETT CREEK PARK SITE

ADDRESS: Southwest corner of 14th Street and Rowlett Creek

ACREAGE: 20.00

Linear Park

Description

The city owns just over 20 acres of land south of 14th Street in the southeast corner of the city to complete the greenbelt on the eastern edge of Plano. This site serves as an important link between existing and planned trail systems in Plano and Richardson. Once the trail that currently ends in Bob Woodruff Park is extended south through Pecan Hollow Golf Course and the future park at Los Rios, this Rowlett Creek park site will serve to connect to the Breckinridge Trail. The site is a wooded area around Rowlett Creek and mostly in the 100-year floodplain. Adjacent land uses are a gas station to the east and a storage complex to the west.

Potential Improvements

Since the majority of this site is located in floodplain, the only development that can occur is a recreational trail connection and related amenities such as parking, trailheads, benches, water fountains, lighting, and trash receptacles. Once this trail connection is complete, a continuous north-south trail along Rowlett Creek will serve Plano residents from the Allen to Richardson city border. The trail connection could go underneath 14th Street but feasibility requires further research to ensure the most appropriate connection is made to the south.

Rowlett Creek Park Site

SHORT-TERM GOALS

• Coordination with railroad related to future trail connection

• Master plan and design trail and associated park improvements

• Hydraulics and hydrology assessment

LONG-TERM GOALS

• Complete trail connection through the site

ESTIMATED COSTS

$3.6 Million*

*Assumes an average 5% annual inflation rate from 2018 to 2023.