A McKinney farmer is fighting back against plans to build a road right through his property.
The city wants to expand Laud Howell Parkway from Trinity Falls Parkway to Lake Forest Drive.
City officials are considering four plans.
"Two of them's through the middle of our house, the middle of our property," Marilyn Geren said.
Geren is the wife of longtime McKinney rancher Jack Geren Sr.
His family has farmed land along County Road 166 for decades.
For 44 years, he's shared a home with his wife near the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1461/Lake Forest Drive and Farm-to-Market Road 166.
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He said he is losing sleep over the idea of losing his home.
"I'll have to sell my cattle and quit. That's all I can do, and move somewhere else," he said.
That's why the Gerens want the city to take a different direction, a direction that brings the new road by their house, not through it.
"It's not much but it's ours and it's always been home," Marilyn Geren said.
The Gerens say they moved to this home to get away from the city.
But now, it's the city that now seems to be coming to them, putting at risk a family history as rich as the land.
"I'll be glad when this is over," Marilyn Geren said.
The city says it will recommend the council approve a plan that would not take out any homes.
Tuesday's city council meeting is at City Hall at 6 p.m.
