On June 22, the McAllen City Commission approved the construction of a continuous raised median on North 10th Street from Trenton Road all the way to Highway 107 but several businesses are unhappy.
Many years ago, a study said that there are less accidents when there are raised medians however, businesses in the area say they suffer.
Edinburg had a continuous median on Highway 107 all the way to the Hidalgo County Courthouse but many businesses that existed prior to this construction have since closed down. Those in the convenience store or fast food business say that raised medians limit access from the public to their businesses and they found their income dropped by up to half.
According to the current plan for this new median, there will be openings along the median at Valencia Market Place; Wisconsin Avenue; Northgate Lane; Freddy Gonzalez Drive and Sprague Road.
However, where they plan to build the median has dozens of businesses including Whataburger, Starbucks, Walgreens, Longhorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Hobby Lobby, Subway, Which Wich, Footlocker, McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Wallbangers and PetSmart. Customers for all these establishments will have to drive past their destination and make a U turn to get to where they wanted to go or to go in the wrong direction to take a U turn at the next light. The businesses suspect that customers are unlikely to do either and will simply go elsewhere.
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