The City of Highland Village News

Recap of City Issues 10-29-10

The Texas Department of Transportation has informed the City that their contractor is in the process of installing the conduit for the traffic signal at FM 2499 and Highland Shores/Castlewood. They expect delivery of the poles and signal heads in the next two weeks. Complete operation of the signal… Read More »

Highland Village Receives Federally Seized Property for Park and Recreation Purposes

At the October 26 meeting Council received a presentation from Congress Michael Burgess for the deed transfer of 707 Highland Village Road . The property was seized by the federal government as part of a case involving racketeering, obscenity, fraud and income tax evasion in 2004. The City applied… Read More »

Highland Village Receives Federally Seized Property

The City of Highland Village has been given the deed to the property at 707 Highland Village Road by the Department of Homeland Security. The property was seized by the federal government as part of a case involving racketeering, obscenity, fraud and income tax evasion in 2004. The City of Highland… Read More »

Recap of City Issues 10-22-10

The Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has prepared a Draft Environmental  Assessment for the  IH-35E expansion and will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed IH-35E mainline improvements… Read More »

Recap of City Issues 10-15-10

The current status of Highland Village Road Project is that the contractor is completing the brush removal and grinding of all material on along Highland Village Road.  We determined that we could not use any of the mulch due to the massive amount of poison ivy and poison oak comingling with… Read More »

The Villager - Fall 2010

What's Inside

• FM 2499 Opening & Ribbon Cutting
• Highland Village Road Closed
• Salute Our Veterans Luncheon

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Recap of City Issues 10-8-10

The value of owning the Doubletree Ranch is coming to light again with the ability to mitigate the Highland Village Road project with the Corps of Engineers on the southeast portion of the Doubletree Ranch property in the area of the Upper Trinity's lift station. We have a large area below the 537… Read More »

Give us Your Best Shot! Photo Contest Winners Announced

It was tough judging; however the City is pleased to announce the winners of the Give Us Your Best Shot! A Summer Photo Contest. The Highland Village Parks and Recreation department initiated the photo contest this summer with cash prizes for the winners. Sixty entries were received in four… Read More »

County and City Work to Reconstruct Highland Village Road

Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell and City Manager Michael Leavitt are pleased to announce that the County and City have begun the work to repair the damage to Highland Village Road from last month’s heavy rainfall. The County has entered into a design-build contract with Halff and… Read More »

Recap of City Issues 10-1-10

Scott Kriston reports that TXDOT states the FM 2499 section 4 project is ahead of it's April 2011 completion schedule.  FM 2499 is now open from Highland Shores Boulevard to Orchid Hill Lane. This section of FM 2499 is still an active construction zone. The outer driving lane is closed to… Read More »

City Connections - October Edition

Highland Village Road ClosureHighland Village Road is currently closed from Doubletree Lane to Sellmeyer Boulevard. The heavy storms on September 8 caused severe damage to Highland Village Road constituting a declaration of disaster. The City is working with Denton County to expedite the voter… Read More »