The Ellis County Press: Northern Ellis County cities ready for road trip

Northern Ellis County cities ready for road trip
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Editor on 07/22/2010 11:21:00


MEGAN GRAY
The Ellis County Press
OVILLA - In an effort to expand Ovilla Road into a four lane roadway from
Interstate Highway 45 through Ferris turning south, cities are planning to make
a road trip.
During the annual quarterly meeting of the North Ellis County Coalition of
Cities, consisting of Red Oak, Ovilla, Fer-ris, Glenn Heights, Palmer, Pe-can
Hill and Oak Leaf, Mayor of Red Oak Alan Hugley discussed speaking to the vice
president of the Texas Department of Transportation in Austin about possible
road expansions.
"I talked with Commissioner Ron Brown and he is wanting to take a trip to
Austin," said Hugely.
The trip would be an effort with representatives from the cities of Ferris,
Ovilla and Red Oak.
"The more people to go down and speak, the better," said Hugely.
"Even though this might not happen and make it into their budget for another
several years, we went down and told them what we needed to be done."
Red Oak City Manager Tim Kelty said the there would be a few dates discussed but
the event should happen sooner rather than later.
"The sooner we get our needs on their mind, the faster we might see this much
needed expansion," said Hugely.
The next NECCC meeting will be hosted by Pecan Hill on Thursday, Oct. 7.