The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

East Bankhead Highway widening, S Ranch House Road to FM 1187: every parcel and vote

12 meetings

Parker County's East Bankhead Highway project, parcel by parcel, from the market studies in May 2025 through the offers on Champions Drive and Dean Drive.

Compiled automatically from the Ledger's meeting reports: each excerpt below is the passage of a report that mentions this topic, in the words the report used, linked to the full entry and its minutes. Updated on every build; last built Friday, September 4, 2026.

Allen and Poston are sworn in, the Shaw Ranch preliminary plat clears with 103 lots, and a manufactured-home zoning district is created for Senate Bill 785

The council held two executive sessions, 6:34 to 7:24 p.m. on the municipal judge and the commission and board appointments, and 7:48 to 8:49 p.m. on the posted topics of the Dean Ranch development conversation, Grand Prairie v. State, Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, a petition for release from the extraterritorial jurisdiction, the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant program, FM 1187 utility infrastructure funding, and downtown development. On reconvening, Davis entertained a motion to approve a petition for release from the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction for 10450 East Bankhead Highway; no motion was made and no action was taken. The meeting adjourned at 8:51 p.m.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, May 7, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, May 7, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

Commissioners Court approves an Oncor pole across the county right of way on East Bankhead Drive

The Parker County Commissioners Court met in regular session March 9, 2026. Under Precinct 4, the court approved a permit request by Oncor Electric Delivery, LLC, through contractor PIKE Electric, to set an electric pole across the county right of way on E Bankhead Drive, on a motion by Commissioner Hale seconded by Commissioner Conley. The court also approved a groundwater study waiver for a two-lot, 3.008-acre subdivision to be known as Dalzell Acres in Precinct Four.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, March 9, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, March 9, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court approves an FM 1187 design amendment and an initial offer for a Woodridge Drive parcel on the FM 5 project

After a closed session that ran from 10:30 to 11:35 a.m., the court took up property at 10333 E Bankhead Hwy, Aledo, and voted, on a motion by Hale seconded by Commissioner Walden, to approve the appraisal for the initial offer on a parcel at 1453 Woodridge Drive, Aledo, for the reconstruction of the FM 5 project at Bankhead Highway. Items on the county justice center and jail, county real estate and the county website were posted with no action.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, Feb. 9, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Feb. 9, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court approves final offers on two Champions Drive parcels for the East Bankhead Highway project

The Parker County Commissioners Court met in regular session Dec. 8, 2025. After a closed session, the court voted, on motions by Commissioner Hale seconded by Commissioner Conley, to approve accepting up to the value of the appraisal for the final offer for 1115 Champions Drive, Aledo, also known as Parcel 13, at the southwest corner of East Bankhead and Champions Drive, and to approve the same approach as negotiations continue for the property at 1015 Champions Drive. Both motions carried.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, Dec. 8, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Dec. 8, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court signs the TxDOT funding agreement for FM 1187 from FM 5 to Aledo Iona Road, accepts a counter offer at 2 Dean Drive and a land donation on Old Weatherford Road

After a closed session from 9:25 to 10:46 a.m., the court voted, on motions by Hale seconded by Conley, to accept the counter offer for Parcel 12 of the East Bankhead Highway Project, the property the minutes list as 2 Dean Drive and 2 Dean Road, Aledo, and to accept the donation of property at 15503 Old Weatherford Road in Aledo. Both carried. On the county justice center and jail, the court voted to designate the jail bond funding toward a project at Fort Walters, as the minutes spell it, to serve as the jail annex upon approval.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, Oct. 13, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Oct. 13, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court takes up the Willow Park road-repair interlocal and accepts Aledo's executed Underwood Road addendum

The court accepted into the minutes the executed addendum to the municipal-county contract for road repair with the City of Aledo for Underwood Road, and the executed interlocal with Parker County Emergency Services District No. 1 for fire marshal and fire code enforcement services. Property at 10333 E Bankhead Hwy, Aledo, was posted for the closed session, which ran from 11:09 a.m. to 12:16 p.m.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, Aug. 11, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Aug. 11, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court approves an Old Weatherford Road change order, moves to condemn a Hudson Oaks parcel for the Oakridge project, and approves Prairie Creek Business Park

Under Precinct 4 plats, after a public hearing at 12:12 p.m. with no response from the public, the court approved the final revision for Prairie Creek Business Park in Fort Worth's extraterritorial jurisdiction, five lots on 10.648 acres off East Bankhead Highway, developed by BPR Enterprises LLC and Aledo Storage LLC with shared water wells, and approved the final plat for Golden Acres Estates, three lots on 17.679 acres off Ranch Road.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, July 14, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, July 14, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court approves market studies for initial offers on six parcels for the East Bankhead Highway widening from S Ranch House Road to FM 1187, and the Old Weatherford Road right-of-way acquisition

After a closed session, on motions by Hale seconded by Conley, the court approved market studies for initial offers to acquire property for the widening of the East Bankhead Highway Project from S Ranch House Road to FM 1187: Parcel 9 at 10315 Bankhead Hwy, Parcel 10 at 17 Vernon Rd, Parcel 11 at 10333 E Bankhead Hwy, Parcel 12 at 2 Dean Drive, Parcel 13 at East Bankhead Hwy and Champions Drive, Parcel 14 at 1015 Champions Drive, and Parcel 16 at the southwest corner of E Bankhead Hwy and FM 1187, all in Aledo. Each motion carried.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, May 27, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, May 27, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

Commissioners Court starts the Prairie Creek Business Park revision on East Bankhead Highway and grants driveway variances there and at Bear Creek North

The Parker County Commissioners Court met in regular session May 12, 2025. Under Precinct 4 plats, on motions by Commissioner Hale seconded by Commissioner Conley, the court approved a groundwater study waiver and a driveway-distance variance for Prairie Creek Business Park, and began the revision process for the subdivision: five lots on 10.648 acres off East Bankhead Highway in Fort Worth's extraterritorial jurisdiction, developed by BPR Enterprises LLC and Aledo Storage LLC with well water. It also approved a driveway-distance variance for Bear Creek North. The meeting then adjourned.

Sources: Parker County: minutes, May 12, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, May 12, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center

School board authorizes the purchase of approximately 20 acres on Champions Drive

The board approved a resolution authorizing the purchase of real property, approximately 20 acres on Champions Drive, on a motion by Harris seconded by Loftin, 5-0. An executive session followed, and the meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Nov. 28, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Dec. 12, 2022 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Nov. 28, 2022 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board canvasses the Nov. 5 bond election, charters the Bond Progress Committee, names its construction subcommittee and casts 1,005 appraisal-district votes for Sterling Naron

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Nov. 18, 2019, with all seven trustees present. President Hoyt Harris thanked the public for voting in the bond election and said a bond page on the district website would be live by the end of the week and the bond would be discussed at every meeting. Superintendent Susan Bohn reported that instructional rounds had visited 162 classrooms and that transportation was reworking bus routes around the closure of parts of East Bankhead Highway. Julie Turner reported the PTO's Big Kahuna fundraiser raised $104,000 and the Aledo Education Foundation's first clay shoot approximately $22,000. Forrest Collins reported the legislative subcommittee had met on House Bill 3.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Nov. 18, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Dec. 16, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Nov. 18, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook