Transportation
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
Richardson voters could see up to $115 million for street and alley construction projects included in the city’s 2026 bond package. Street projects funded by the city’s bond would be primarily made up of reconstruction projects that were flagged as needing repairs in the city’s latest pavement analysis but were left off of the 2021 bond program due to funding constraints, Assistant City Manager Charles Goff said. Council must call the bond election by Feb. 9, and election day is May 2. City bond could include $115M for road work
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Potential road reconstruction projects on the May bond
Magner said street projects “probably wasn’t prioritized they should have,” in previous bond packages as many city streets approached 30 years old. Street and alley projects make up 57.5% of the city’s proposed May bond package.
• Apollo Road • Canyon Creek Plaza • Deep Valley Drive • Hidden Drive • Little Creek Drive
• Melrose Drive • Mimosa Drive • Presidential Drive • Ridgehaven Place • Royal Crest Drive • Waterview Drive
• Maple Street • Martha Manor
Percent of bond used for street projects
SOURCE: CITY OF RICHARDSON/COMMUNITY IMPACT
57.5%
The council also discussed potentially including funding for street rehabilitation projects that don’t require full reconstruction—which would free up “roughly $2 million” from the city’s Street Rehabilitation Fund, Goff said. City Manager Don Magner added that the city has seen a “disproportionate amount of need” for road projects arise in the last decade.
$0 $20M $40M $60M $80M $120M $100M
53.6%
33.5%
37.4%
2010 2015
2026* 2021
*PROPOSED SOURCE: CITY OF RICHARDSON/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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