Argyle Town Council is preparing for the US 377 widening project by entering into an advance funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for median enhancements. 

Town Council discussed the cost and what’s included in the agreement at the Nov. 17 meeting, but no action was taken. 

What’s happening? The advanced funding agreement will include median breaks to enter the Waterbrook neighborhood and Point Bank, and infrastructure to add landscaping, Director of Community Development Harrison Wicks said. 

The cost for irrigation infrastructure, such as irrigation sleeves, is estimated to be $468,450, and the cost for both median breaks is estimated to be $150,000, the latter of which may be reimbursed by the Waterbrook and Point Bank property owners, Wicks said. 

What's next: The total cost for these improvements has not been finalized, and town staff will bring the final agreement to council for approval at the Dec. 13 regular meeting.

A Flower Mound independent living community, Pinewood Hills, held a ribbon cutting Nov. 20 after completing renovations in several areas of the facility.

The overview: Renovations to some of the common areas included converting the old library into a fitness center, updates to the in-house salon, a library and massage area in the old chapel, and the theater room, said Executive Director Cynthia Williams.

The facility also got a new built-in buffet table in the dining room, fresh paint and new furniture, Williams added.

Additionally, the updates included remodeling about half of Pinewood Hills’s 117 residential units.

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A new 215-acre development in east Plano is close to final approval, while several new housing developments are underway in Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake. 

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Cases for two flu variations and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, have more than doubled since the end of October, according to data from Cook Children's Health Care in Fort Worth.

In a nutshell: More than 11% of all patients tested at Cook Children’s Medical Center-Fort Worth for respiratory viruses on the week of Nov. 9 were positive for Flu A, Flu B or RSV. The hospital tested a total of 757 patients during that week.

By comparison, the hospital tested 633 patients on the week of Oct. 26 and saw 5.53% of those patients tested positive for one of the three respiratory viruses.