Construction Begins on Maroney Drive in Nacogdoches

Construction in and around Nacogdoches has been picking up lately. You've got the interstate construction work, SFA is working on all of their campus updates, new buildings are being put up, old buildings are being torn down...all of the changes are pretty exciting. Usually, I'm pretty up to date on what things are coming and going around Nac, but every now and then construction starts and I have no insight into what's coming. Driving through Nacogdoches this weekend, I came across one of those unknown construction zones.

New Construction on Maroney Drive in Nacogdoches

Maroney Drive is the road that goes between University Drive and Appleby Sand Road. It goes right by Nacogdoches High School and Maroney Park. There are some houses on it, but most of it is undeveloped land. Until now. Now, there is some brand-new construction going on, and I'm excited to see what comes of it.

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At one point, the stretch of Maroney Drive that went from University Drive to Kenbrook Drive, before you got to the high school, looked to be set up like a subdivision. Every so often it has wider circles in the roads that look like what you would see in cul-de-sacs. But nothing ever developed there. Sure, there have been lots of real estate signs there advertising that the land is for sale, but nothing ever came of it.

Now, there's a lot of movement, all at once. The trees closest to the road have been removed and massive dirt work has started. This is what it looks like right now:

If I had to guess, I would say that this is the beginning of work on a new housing development in Nacogdoches. However, that would just be speculation on my part. I haven't heard any official word on this construction. What about you? Do you know what it's going to be?