javaprincess
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04-24-12 02:10 PM - Post#148359
In response to AA
Ok. NW corner of Exchange and 75 is where Walmart is. The access to Walmart is awkward enough already. So until we see the plot map I don't know how they'll handle the traffic. Maybe someday City of Allen will decide to redo 75/Exchange just like Plano did with 75/Parker Rd.
I like CB. And I think the hospital staff and visitors will be happy they have one more choice other than their cafeteria and the Subway inside Walmart within walking distance.
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Joel
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04-24-12 09:29 PM - Post#148385
In response to javaprincess
Link to picture of property
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TC2112
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04-24-12 10:25 PM - Post#148387
In response to Joel
Love Cracker Barrel. Very thrilled about this. But that location?? Unless you're on the southbound service road of Central, it's just not convenient to get to. A nightmare, actually.
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Boogie
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04-24-12 11:50 PM - Post#148389
In response to TC2112
That's fine, CB is gross.
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AA
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04-25-12 06:31 AM - Post#148391
In response to Boogie
Yup, absolutely horrible location. You either either have to get off the highway at Stacy and follow the service drive for a mile or cut through Walmart to get there. Not smart at all.
Another example of people will see it but have no idea how to get to it
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cp
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04-25-12 06:46 AM - Post#148392
In response to AA
Yup, absolutely horrible location. You either either have to get off the highway at Stacy and follow the service drive for a mile or cut through Walmart to get there. Not smart at all.
Another example of people will see it but have no idea how to get to it
While I would agree with those who say another location with easier access would be better, there appears to be an exit right where CB would be built. So, if anything, traffic would exit just before CB. But, the tricky part would be slowing down enough to turn into the parking lot from the access road, or pull in from the south side, the access ramp to Exchange Pkwy.
I don't know, I'm sure whatever the City and developers come up with will surely have been improved from this sketch. At least I hope so. I'm just glad CB is finally coming to Allen...
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RRRquilter
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04-25-12 08:58 AM - Post#148405
In response to cp
If they put in a drive for CB before the West Exchange loop it won't be any shorter/worse then when exiting for East Exchange coming from the south of 75. The State really does need to change the exit ramps for Exchange, they are not a good match for the amount of traffic that uses them each day.
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rw
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04-25-12 09:16 AM - Post#148409
In response to RRRquilter
No matter how difficult it will be to get here, Cracker Barrell will be full all day long...
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cp
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04-25-12 09:49 AM - Post#148410
In response to rw
No matter how difficult it will be to get here, Cracker Barrell will be full all day long...
I would agree. Anyone who loves it enough will find a way to get in and around the parking lot, including myself...
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AA
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04-25-12 10:58 AM - Post#148415
In response to cp
Yup, absolutely horrible location. You either either have to get off the highway at Stacy and follow the service drive for a mile or cut through Walmart to get there. Not smart at all.
Another example of people will see it but have no idea how to get to it
While I would agree with those who say another location with easier access would be better, there appears to be an exit right where CB would be built. So, if anything, traffic would exit just before CB. But, the tricky part would be slowing down enough to turn into the parking lot from the access road, or pull in from the south side, the access ramp to Exchange Pkwy.
I don't know, I'm sure whatever the City and developers come up with will surely have been improved from this sketch. At least I hope so. I'm just glad CB is finally coming to Allen...
I don't think the city will allow for a driveway coming off the service drive after the Exchange exit. It is too close and too fast to have cars slamming on their breaks to catch that last minute drive. My fiance's dental office she works for is going through the same thing at the SE corner of Exchange&75 that they will be building. They won't allow them to have a drive off the service drive due to the NB exit to Exchange. They say there is already enough traffic troubles just trying to enter the EB Exchange loop. They are however allowing them to have the drive on said loop so I guess CB could do the same thing on the WB Exchange loop or use the existing Walmart one and it wouldn't be as bad as I first pictured.
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Arcturus
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05-04-12 09:44 AM - Post#148993
In response to AA
the uppity west side is getting a walmart AND a cracker barrel. Congrats! :)
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javaprincess
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05-04-12 11:32 AM - Post#149005
In response to Arcturus
I thought CB is classy compared to Denny's.
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cp
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05-04-12 12:55 PM - Post#149009
In response to Arcturus
the uppity west side is getting a walmart AND a cracker barrel. Congrats! :)
"...is getting a walmart AND..."
The "uppity west side" already has a Walmart, unless another one is going in somewhere else.
Please fill us in on what you know...
Although I like Denny's and even IHOP, I'd prefer CB over the others. Even more so now that we're getting one...
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bergerandfries
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05-21-12 09:42 AM - Post#149627
In response to RRRquilter
RRR, there was a public meeting in January to go over TxDOT's plans to do just that. Construction starts in 3 or 4th quarter 2012.
http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/dal/not i...
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Raider18
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05-21-12 10:14 AM - Post#149629
In response to bergerandfries
Not all of the west side is uppity. Plenty of homes on the west side valued less than the east side.
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cp
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07-03-12 09:37 AM - Post#150729
In response to Raider18
General response for update...
Just wondering if anyone has an update on construction. I've seen no activity on the plot of land this is supposedly being built on...
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Jeremy
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07-03-12 10:23 AM - Post#150734
In response to cp
Where exactly is it going? There is construction going on at the ramp from the feeder to East bound Exchange on the East side of 75. Does anyone know what that is? There is also something going in in front of Target at the villages. Lots going on...
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cp
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07-03-12 10:27 AM - Post#150735
In response to Jeremy
Where exactly is it going? There is construction going on at the ramp from the feeder to East bound Exchange on the East side of 75. Does anyone know what that is? There is also something going in in front of Target at the villages. Lots going on...
Well, unless something has changed, it was my understanding CB was slated for a plot of land next to Walmart. I haven't seen anything different or any ground-breaking there.
As for the SE corner of Exchange and 75, I believe another thread mentioned a dentist's office going up there.
I haven't been at The Village in quite a while, although I drove by there on my way out to OK over the weekend. Just didn't look closely at any new developements. You've got my curiosity about it now...
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Joel
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07-03-12 12:13 PM - Post#150760
In response to cp
Still going in on the frontage road next to Walmart.
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AA
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07-03-12 12:34 PM - Post#150762
In response to Joel
yes, as Joel said "Still going in on the frontage road next to Walmart.". And it IS a dentist going in at Exchange & 75. As for in front of Target, haven't heard or seen anything about that.
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