Keller Planning and Zoning will hold a public hearing and consider six development proposals during its Sept. 8 meeting, including plans for a new Kroger grocery store and a mixed-use development with brownstone homes. 

The details: The public notice from Keller Planning and Zoning states that a specific use permit has been filed for a proposed Kroger, which would be on 5.19 acres at the corner of Keller Parkway and Town Center Lane and span nearly 100,000 square feet. 

The grocery store would also have a fuel station facing Keller Parkway behind the CVS. The official address would be 1025 Keller Parkway, Keller, according to city documents. 

Also of note: A mixed-used development, titled Samantha Springs Commerce in planning and zoning documents, would have 31 brownstone units, 8.19 acres of non-residential development space and 3.27 acres of open space. The development’s address would be 800 N. Main Street, city documents state.

Za Zoom Drive-Thru Pizza is targeting an opening date of the end of 2026 or beginning of 2027.

The gist: Za Zoom broke ground in the Alliance area of Fort Worth Aug. 27 on the new construction for the drive-thru pizza concept, according to a post from the restaurant’s social media.

The 650-foot store will offer pizza slices and whole pies from a stand-alone drive-thru window, per previous reporting. Like a New York City pizza slice shop, slices will be ready for customers and heated up for a few minutes before being served.

The backstory: Co-owners Sean Brown and Tyler DiGiovanni grew up in Southlake and DiGiovanni now lives in north Fort Worth, according to previous reporting. The duo said they looked for a drive-thru pizza concept that had a traditional New York slice shop feel and they could not find a similar business model.

• 4941 N. Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s Terminal C renovations continue and a Taiwan-based company is opening a manufacturing facility in McKinney. Check out some of the latest North Texas construction filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Lite-On manufacturing facility in McKinney: Lite-On Technology Corp., a Taiwan-based manufacturing company that specializes in semiconductor components, is moving into an existing warehouse facility in McKinney, per a TDLR filing. The move will bring at least 600 jobs to the city, per previous reporting.

• Location: 310 Cypress Hill Drive, Ste. 310, McKinney
• Estimated timeline: Sept. 15, 2026-Aug. 31, 2027
• Estimated cost: $90 million

2. MRI Equipment Replacement at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Plano: Officials at the medical center officials are replacing its MRI equipment, per a TDLR filing. Equipment replacement is estimated to last four months.

• Location: 4700 Alliance Boulevard, Plano
• Estimated timeline: Nov. 16, 2026-March 31, 2027
• Estimated cost: $3 million

The Texas Department of Transportation manages over 200,000 miles of state highways. Roughly 72% of all vehicle travel in the state occurs on TxDOT-maintained highways, TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams said.

As Texas’ population continues to grow, so does “demand on our transportation systems, from busy urban corridors to rural communities,” Williams told lawmakers during an Aug. 17 hearing held by the Texas House Transportation Committee.

What's happening: More than 11,000 TxDOT projects are currently in the works, according to the agency’s website.

To keep motorists informed about road construction, TxDOT collects public input during the project planning process, then conducts outreach on social media, on project websites and through email notifications before and during closures, according to Eric Lykins, TxDOT’s senior director of district operations. The agency also places electronic message signs on roadways ahead of closures or detours, he said.

Some state lawmakers are encouraging transportation officials to improve outreach to motorists when roads, lanes and exits are closed or adjusted.