Seagoville, Texas

CONCRETE CONTRACTING SITE DEVELOPMENT CONCRETE EARTHWORK SOIL STABILIZATION UNDERGROUND UTILITIES SERVING MUNICIPALITIES & DEVELOPERS FOR OVER 25 YEARS Chris Bowen, Owner | chris@concretepaving.net when it added the “ville” to “Seago” in 1910, to avoid confusion with another city in Texas named Sego. The current Federal Correctional Institution, which remains one of the city’s largest employers, was first built in the 1930s as a women’s detention station. Located on the west side of Seagoville near Highway 175, the FCI employs more than 200 people form the community and brings in federal employees from all over the country. Today, infrastructure is at the top of the agenda. According to Stallings, “The city is pushing forward with more sustainable roadways and trying to get something that will last longer than the asphalt. That’s going very well. We’re trying to do away with asphalt roads to replace them with concrete.” Concrete roads are highly durable and more environmentally friendly than asphalt. They are less prone to the wear and tear that causes ruts, pot holes, cracks, and texture loss that happens with flexible pavement. Although more expensive upfront, concrete roads need less maintenance, or none at all, and may cost less over their 40-year life expectancy. The city has invested a little more than $5 million into the roadways this year, like their major thoroughfare, Malloy Bridge Road. It’s now a four- lane concrete road with updated drainage features. They are currently working on the Crestview Lane residential area. The Crestview project will be a new concrete roadway which Stallings believes, “is much more superior than before.” Two other roadways Ross Lane and Johnny Row were replaced with concrete and storm drains and a portion of Farmers Road was replaced with concrete. Funding for roadway improvements comes from the General Fund, Certificates of Obligation and Grants from Dallas County. Also of note, construction of Fire Station Number 2 on Simonds Road has almost reached completion. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Seagoville has been doing better than expected with their sales tax increasing by over 3.5 per cent. Happily surprised with that turn of events, Stallings admits, “We were gearing up for a huge downturn in our economy with this COVID-19 but it turned out