Stacy Road construction likely to finish within the year

Sydney Wong, Staff Writer • February 13, 2019

According to Fairview Town Engineer James Chancellor, it is “safe to say” construction will be finished by May.

After nearly three years of construction, Stacy Road approaches completion. Although TxDot has yet to release an official completion date, according to Fairview Town Engineer James Chancellor, it is “safe to say” construction will be finished by May.

Over the last few years, Stacy Road has overgone multiple changes including the addition of new traffic signals, pedestrian sidewalks and road lanes.

“Stacy Road is being widened from two lanes to four lanes from SH5 to FM138,” Chancellor said. “The median is being constructed extra wide to provide room for an ultimate six lanes of traffic as demand increases.”

Chancellor does not anticipate Stacy Road will experience any more delays in construction.

“The only remaining delays would be weather related such as below freezing temperatures or rainfall,” Chancellor said.

Residents near Stacy are glad the long construction project will be finished soon.

“It’ll be a really big relief when it’s done,” senior Carlo Yundt-Pacheco said. “It’s just going to be a lot safer, and it’ll be faster going down Stacy.”

Chancellor expects the construction changes to increase efficiency and safety on Stacy Road.

“Stacy Road will have much less delay time while driving from FM1378 to SH5,” Chancellor said. “There will be numerous left turning lanes for safer turns. The wide median will also allow drivers a safe place to cross Stacy Road while waiting for an opening in traffic.”

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Sydney Wong, Staff Writer

Sydney Wong is a senior in her second year as a staff writer after taking a brief hiatus from newspaper between her freshman year and now. When Sydney isn’t focusing on school and co-leading the Mock Trial team, she enjoys playing on the varsity tennis team and spending time with friends. Her weekends are normally filled with reruns of Law & Order as well as hours spent reading. Although she typically loves science fiction novels, her favorite book is Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta. Her idol is the professional tennis player Roger Federer, and if she ever were to meet him in person, her life would be complete. Sydney is eager to be back in newspaper room for her last year of high school and looks forward to writing and collaborating with the rest of the staffers.

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Fueled daily by three iced vanilla coffees, standing at 5’2”, Grace Nguyen will walk into the E103 door with no problem. Grace is entering senior year, and the only reason she is believed to have survived high school is because of the napping couch in the photography studio. During her time on staff, Grace has been to almost every football game, win or loss, and wouldn’t have changed a thing. Yes, Grace has been tackled by football players, run over by coaches, and body slammed by referees. Nonetheless, Grace will confidently walk on the field this year, bruises and all, alongside her sideline media team. Stepping outside the newsroom, which is rare, Grace enjoys playing softball, hanging out with family and friends, and finding excuses to go to every $3 Pazookie Tuesdays at BJ’s. After high school, Grace hopes to pursue a career in sports photojournalism, so watch out for her still getting run over by athletes on ESPN in the years to come. Although it’s bittersweet to leave newspaper upon graduation, Grace is thankful for all the opportunities that she’s had on staff. Through The Red Ledger, Grace created long-lasting friendships and won a lot of awards that she never imagined was possible. Grace hopes that current and future staffers will think of this national-award-winning publication the same way as she did–a second family and their home away from home.