{"id":277918,"date":"2026-05-04T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277918\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:06:10","slug":"final-all-5-propositions-pass-in-223-4m-richardson-bond-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277918\/","title":{"rendered":"FINAL: All 5 propositions pass in $223.4M Richardson bond program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated 7:29 a.m. May 3<\/p>\n<p>All five propositions passed in Richardson&#8217;s $223.4 million bond package, according to unofficial final voting totals released by Dallas and Collin counties.<\/p>\n<p>This was the largest proposed bond in the city&#8217;s history, with funding allocated for infrastructure, park renovations and fire facility additions. All five propositions received between 67% and 73% favorable votes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777881970_284_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All results are unofficial until canvassed. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide<\/a> to see results from all contested local and state elections in your community.<\/p>\n<p>Posted 7:32 p.m. May 2<\/p>\n<p>Unofficial early results show voters favoring all five propositions in Richardson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/election\/2026\/04\/10\/roads-on-the-ballot-richardson-voters-to-consider-2234m-bond-in-may\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$223.4 million bond package<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>All five bond propositions have received between 68% and 76% favorable votes in support of the proposition, according to unofficial early results.<\/p>\n<p>This is the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/government\/2025\/12\/16\/richardson-bond-proposal-prioritizes-infrastructure-parks-fire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposed bond<\/a> in the city\u2019s history, with more funds than ever proposed for infrastructure projects. The bond program appeared on the ballot as the following propositions:<\/p>\n<p>Proposition A: $132.2 million for street improvementsProposition B: $36 million for fire facilitiesProposition C: $22.2 million for park and recreational facilitiesProposition D: $16.5 million for sidewalksProposition E: $16.5 million for flood control and drainage facilitiesZooming in<\/p>\n<p>Projects in the street improvements proposition include traffic signal rebuilds and replacements, 13 alley repair projects, 15 street reconstructions and localized concrete replacement. Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/government\/2026\/01\/05\/new-station-department-expansion-aim-to-enhance-richardson-fire-capabilities\/#:~:text=The%20fire%20master%20plan%20calls,the%20ballot%20on%20May%202.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fire facilities<\/a> proposition, the city plans to build a new fire apparatus building, an addition to Fire Station No. 6, and design a new Fire Station No. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The $22.2 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/government\/2026\/01\/21\/22-million-for-parks-aquatics-expected-on-richardson-bond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parks and recreational facilities<\/a> would fund 10 playground renovations, upgrades at Breckinridge Park and several pool renovations.<\/p>\n<p>If a proposition fails to pass, City Manager Don Magner said the city would consider alternative funding sources, and projects could be deferred or canceled.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n<p>Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/voter-guide<\/a> to see results from all contested local and state elections in your community.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated 7:29 a.m. May 3 All five propositions passed in Richardson&#8217;s $223.4 million bond package, according to unofficial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2626,4519,75228,102312,409,18029,408,666,973,6534,160,162,161,71677,959,4657,838,2279],"class_list":["post-277918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-bond","tag-city-council","tag-drainage","tag-early-results","tag-election","tag-fire-stations","tag-flood-control","tag-funding","tag-infrastructure","tag-parks","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-propositions","tag-richardson","tag-sidewalks","tag-streets","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}