The overview: Celina officials plan to spend roughly $131 million to convert all downtown streets from asphalt to concrete in the next 10-12 years, officials said.

Breaking it down: Current estimates put the project’s overall price tag at $131 million over the next 10 years, although it can be difficult to predict construction costs so far into the future, Assistant City Manager Kimberly Brawner said.

The local impact: City officials hope “short-term inconvenience” will better position downtown to capitalize on future growth, City Manager Robert Ranc said.

The big picture: Downtown Celina is important for the city’s economic trajectory not only because it houses businesses, but also because its “small-town feel” attracts future residents and investors, said Anthony Satarino, executive director of the Celina Economic Development Corp.

Quote of note: “It will be the one thing that will hold the city together,” Celina City Council member Andy Hopkins said. “It’s the jewel, the belt buckle.”

Mavis Tires and Brakes is open on Preston Road in Celina, a company representative confirmed

What they offer: In addition to tire repair and replacement, the shop also offers a variety of automotive services, including:

• Inspections
• Oil changes
• Brakes services
• A/C system maintenance and repair
• Struts and shocks replacement
• Front-end repair

• 4445 S. Preston Road, Celina

Check out five upcoming, ongoing and completed transportation projects around the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

1. Pershing Drive utilities and roadway replacement
Project: Pershing Drive in Denton is receiving new water and wastewater lines, new roadway and portions of the sidewalk are being replaced. Denton voters approved the project as part of the Neighborhood 1B bond package.
Update: Crews are working to replace the driveway, curb and gutter with final paving to follow.

• Timeline: August 2025-August 2026
• Cost: $1.36 million
• Funding source: city of Denton

• Timeline: June 2025-October 2026
• Cost: $5.6 million
• Funding source: city of McKinney, Texas Department of Transportation

Texas’ power grid operator and regulator have laid out their plans to regulate data centers that connect to the state grid and ensure data center companies, not residents, pay for the industry’s growth.

What's happening: To shield Texans from the negative impacts of data center growth, the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are:

• Prohibiting data centers from taking existing power resources off the grid
• Launching a new process to evaluate large projects looking to connect to the grid
• Creating standards that large consumers must meet before joining the grid
• Developing incentives for large consumers to reduce their energy use ahead of a grid emergency
• Requiring large companies to pay for the grid infrastructure needed to serve them
• Improving ERCOT’s process for projecting future demand