Miles SmithOklahoma City is planning to ask voters to approve a bond election in 2025 that would fund major infrastructure projects located throughout the city.
The city is looking to voters to provide it with ideas for projects the general obligation bonds would address, announcing a series of open houses and publishing an interactive web page.
Projects could include building and rebuilding streets, bridges, parks, police and fire facilities and sidewalks.
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The city has not yet provided potential projects nor the bond issue amounts it would ask voters to approve. But in 2017, voters approved a 10-year, $967 million package that included 13 bond propositions and two sales tax initiatives.
“The 2025 bond package will fund basic needs and critical infrastructure every community needs for stability, growth and safety,” City Manager Craig Freeman says. “Since 2017 when the last bond program was approved, we have been gathering input from residents in a variety of ways to learn about neighborhood and community needs.
“While we can’t meet every need across OKC’s 621 miles with a single GO bond election, we’re asking residents to help us identify priorities.”
In addition to voter feedback, bond projects are determined based on street and bridge ratings, planning studies, the City Council’s priorities, operating impact and resident survey results, the city says.
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