As Plano heads toward a May special election that could determine its future with Dallas Area Rapid Transit, plans for the city’s alternative public transit service are still under review.

Current situation: At their Jan. 12 meeting, Plano City Council members received an update from Director of Policy and Government Relations Andrew Fortune on negotiations with DART and the city’s progress on establishing an alternative option.

Zooming in: Fortune said previously that city officials plan to move forward with an alternative transit service regardless of the outcome of the May election. The city is currently in the procurement process for alternative transit partners, including Via, RideCo and Spare. However, Fortune said the city was recently notified that Spare has withdrawn from the process, leaving Via and RideCo as the remaining vendors.

What's next: City officials originally aimed to select an alternative transit service Jan. 12, which was then delayed to Jan. 26. Fortune said staff would return Feb. 16 if the Jan. 26 deadline could not be met.

A new John Peter Smith medical outpatient facility could be constructed in Fort Worth, among other projects recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. JPS medical outpatient building
The public, Fort Worth-based JPS Health Network filed a permit to add outpatient services to a new 10-story, 300,000-square-foot medical outpatient building, according to the TDLR filing. The new facility will offer laboratory and imaging services and is scheduled to open in 2029, according to the health system.

• Location: 1300 S. Main St., Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: Jan. 9, 2026-July 29, 2029
• Estimated cost: $250 million

• Location: 2400 Maumelle Drive, Plano
• Estimated timeline: May 15-Aug. 1
• Estimated cost: $5.5 million

Paris Baguette has set a tentative opening date of Feb. 14 in Dallas, near the Richardson border, a company representative said.

On the menu: The eatery’s menu includes cakes, tarts, donuts and other sweet options. Savory items like buffalo chicken and ranch pizzetta, four cheese quiche and crab meat croquette are also available. Non-baked goods include salads, sandwiches and wraps. The drink menu features hot, iced and frozen beverages.

• 7615 Campbell Road, Ste. 106, Dallas