Frisco’s roads can handle Universal Studios theme park traffic, study finds.

Universal Parks & Resorts plans to build a family theme park with rides, shows and a 300-room hotel on a 97-acre plot of land.

FRISCO, Texas. The planned Universal Studios theme park in Frisco will attract up to 20,000 visitors per day and more than 1,100 car trips per hour during peak hours, but the area’s traffic plan can adequately account for additional congestion, according to the analysis. around town.

According to a traffic impact analysis prepared for the city by engineering consultants Kimley-Horn and Associates, the proposed site east of the Dallas North Tollway and north of the Panther Parkway “could be successfully incorporated into the surrounding road network.”

But neighbors in the area surrounding the park are not so sure.

The Frisco City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission are due to vote today on a zoning permit, a development agreement and potentially economic incentives for the controversial park.

Neighbors who live near the proposed park site have expressed various concerns about the project, primarily due to traffic congestion.

Frisco residents will get another chance to speak out for or against the park at a joint city council and P&Z meeting at 5:00 pm today at the George A. Purefoy Community Center, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd.

Universal Parks & Resorts, the theme park division of entertainment giant NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, plans to build a new family theme park with rides, shows, restaurants and a 300-room hotel.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS & FRISCO TRAFFIC

Traffic Research analyzes peak arrival times for employees and guests, as well as buses, trucks, and company vehicles, to predict traffic patterns and necessary changes on nearby roads.

Traffic analysis shows that the park is expected to attract 7,500 visitors per day on average and 20,000 visitors on peak days such as holidays and summer break. The opening hours of the park will be approximately from 10:00 to 18:00.

The park will have at least 643 employees, according to the report. The study says their shifts will be timed and they will generally enter and exit the park through different avenues than park visitors, in a way that minimizes the impact of traffic.

The report offers a closer look at the project site, showing car parks around the theme park and a hotel in the center. Vehicles driven by people visiting the park will enter the car parks from the main access point behind the park at Fields Parkway.

UNIVERSAL APPROACH TO FRISCO

The park and theme hotel will be based on characters and stories from Universal.

Universal Parks & Resorts “carefully designs the park to serve the surrounding community,” according to its website. His plans include creating an entrance from the Dallas North Tollway, redirecting traffic away from existing development, and incorporating natural sound barriers.

“At all of our parks around the world, we strive to be good neighbors and carefully design parks to serve the environment,” the website says.

“According to a traffic comparison conducted by the City, the proposed park will generate less traffic than other facilities that could be built on the site, such as stores, offices, or apartment buildings,” Universal’s website says. “It will generate less weekday traffic than HEB, Stonebriar Center and Collin College.”

The park will feature lush green landscaping and immersive themed areas designed to bring Universal’s characters and stories to life in a way that appeals to younger theme park visitors.

It will be designed specifically for families with young children, with rides, interactive shows, character encounters, unique merchandise and places to eat and drink, Universal said.

Frisco was chosen for the park because the DFW area is one of the fastest growing urban areas in the country and is centrally located, allowing Universal to reach a new part of the country.

“The City of Frisco has also been hugely successful in bringing businesses to the area and is a great place to start a family, making it a natural fit for this new concept,” Universal’s website says.

Universal owns 97 acres of land for the planned development, and the park will initially cover about a third of that area. The size leaves enough room for a park, hotel, parking spaces and a “thought out exit and entrance plan” with room for expansion, according to Universal’s website.

Universal Studios Regional Park in Frisco will differ from the company’s larger parks in Florida and California in its size, where it is expected to occupy about a quarter of Orlando’s park area, and its Frisco-focused target audience offers children’s and family attractions.

The theme park, if built, will be part of the more than 2,500-acre Fields development, which is adjacent to the Dallas North Tollway and includes the PGA of America headquarters and the $520 million OmniPGA Frisco Hotel and Resort.

According to the report, the traffic study is based on an analysis of a 600-room hotel instead of the 300-room hotel that Universal announced for “conservatively high” traffic.

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