The Lewisville ISD board of trustees approved guaranteed maximum prices for improvements across eight campuses, totaling $112.5 million, at the Feb. 9 board meeting. 

The overview: The renovations are a part of the 20-year life cycle maintenance and repair projects to improve older campuses, according to district documents. 

The guaranteed maximum prices for the renovations were discussed at the Feb. 5 meeting, with the approved prices for the campuses being: 

• $18.3 million for Flower Mound Elementary
• $16.4 million for Hebron Valley Elementary
• $34.2 million for Lewisville High School Killough  
• $16.7 million for Rockbrook Elementary
• $15 million for Vickery Elementary

Stay informed on what businesses are coming to Flower Mound and Bartonville, including a frozen yogurt shop and Korean fried chicken restaurant. 

Coming soon
1. Bonchon
Korean fried chicken chain Bonchon will open a new Flower Mound location on Cross Timbers Road in March, a company representative said. The location was previously scheduled to open in July 2025.

Bonchon offers fried chicken wings, tenders, Korean tacos and bao buns. The restaurant has locations in The Colony, Addison and Fort Worth, according to the company website.

• 2450 Cross Timbers Road, Ste. 100, Flower Mound

• 3409 Cross Timbers Road, Flower Mound

The Denton County Commissioners Court is working to expedite construction on improvements to the intersection of FM 407 and I-35W to start this month, according to a county news release.

The details: The court approved a contract with Ed Bell Construction Company for more than $2 million during its regular meeting Jan. 30 to add right-turn lanes on the west side of FM 407 and I-35 W to improve congestion.

“We know this has been a difficult situation for residents who use this route and, though improvements to FM 407 are in our long-term plans, we needed to take action sooner than later,” Commissioner Dianne Edmondson said.

Construction is expected to start in February, expediting the process laid out in the county's Micro Breakout Project. 

The backstory: The entire FM 407 breakout project will take place between Cleveland-Gibbs Road in Northlake and Gateway Drive in Argyle.

Apartment renovations and road reconstruction in Flower Mound are two new projects filed recently with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Here are five of the most expensive permits for North Texas-area projects filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. Indco I-35 Eagle: A new 111,923-square-foot building with office and warehouse space will be constructed along I-35, according to a TDLR filing. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

• Location: I-35 frontage road, Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: April 1-Dec. 31
• Estimated cost: $21 million

• Location: 2000 Skyline Drive, McKinney
• Estimated timeline: July 1, 2026-Jan. 1, 2028
• Estimated cost: $20 million

In the upcoming March 3 primary elections, Texas voters will have the opportunity to nominate their chosen candidates for the November midterm election. From top state officials to county commissioners, primary elections shape who is ultimately elected to dozens of seats, driving the future direction of the Lone Star State.

Yet less than one-fifth of registered Texas voters participated in recent primary elections, data from the secretary of state’s office shows.

The big picture: March Matters, a group that works to get more Texans to the primary polls, found that 146 of Texas’ 150 state House races were effectively decided during the 2022 primaries, with just four competitive seats during that year’s midterm election.

Data also shows that primary voters tend to be older and represent the more extreme wings of their political parties.

What they're saying: "When primary voter turnout is so small, when only a fraction of voters are voting, your vote counts more,” said Mark Strama, who leads the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas.