Allen and other Collin County residents can weigh in on a planned 14-mile stretch of freeway at a public meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Nevada, Texas, or online the same day.

The county is studying Segments 2 and 4 of the Collin County Outer Loop, which would run from County Road 656 northeast of Farmersville to the Rockwall County line northwest of Royse City, according to the county's project website. The two segments are part of a 55-mile planned freeway that would eventually connect the Denton County line to the Rockwall County line, passing through Celina, Weston, Anna, Melissa, Farmersville, Josephine and Royse City.

The Outer Loop already reaches Allen's backyard. Segment 3C, connecting the Dallas North Tollway to U.S. Highway 75, opened Nov. 7, 2025, according to a county announcement.

The in-person meeting runs 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Leland Edge Middle School, 620 N. FM 1138, Nevada. A virtual presentation will also be available at CCOL-SE.com, Wylie News reported.

The study began in mid-2024 as the project team refined a route first identified in 2009 and 2010. Since then, development in southeast Collin County has surged. Between 2021 and early 2024, more than 10,000 acres in the area were identified as newly developed or planned for development, according to the county's project website. The project team is now developing a schematic design and evaluating environmental impacts.

The planned freeway would have a 500-foot right-of-way and be built in phases, with service roads constructed ahead of main lanes and a center corridor reserved for future transit. The county plans to acquire right-of-way before the first phase of construction to prevent development from encroaching on the alignment.

Bond vote follows one week later

The Oct. 27 meeting comes one week before Collin County voters, including Allen property taxpayers, decide on an $817.5 million bond package on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Proposition B on that ballot would authorize $475 million for non-tolled road and bridge improvements, land and right-of-way acquisitions, and joint county-state and county-city projects, Wylie News reported.

That $475 million could fund major road projects, including Outer Loop service roads from Farmersville to Rockwall County, a service road for the Dallas North Tollway and a service road for the Outer Loop west of US 75, Collin County Engineering Director Clarence Daughtery said in August, according to Community Impact.

County Judge Chris Hill said the bond is up to voters when commissioners placed it on the ballot in August. "They're going to have to pay the bill, so we want their voice on this decision," Hill said at the time, according to Community Impact.

The county's election order designates the bond proposals as tax increases, with repayment through property taxes over no more than 20 years, according to Wylie News. Early voting runs Monday, Oct. 19, through Friday, Oct. 30. That vote is Nov. 3.

Residents who cannot attend the Oct. 27 meeting can view the virtual presentation and sign up for project updates at CCOL-SE.com.