Plano voters to decide $646.9 million in seven bond propositions on May 3

The ballot in Plano’s May 3 special election will include seven bond propositions totaling $646.9 million to pay for street and traffic work, public safety facilities, a fleet maintenance building, a library interior renovation and parks and trails projects.

Voter approval of general-obligation bonds would allow the city to borrow money for large capital projects and repay it over time. The propositions allocate the money to specific project categories: streets and transportation; police facilities and training; fire stations; fleet maintenance; library renovation; and parks and trails development and land acquisition.

Proposition A, for $316,000,000, would fund repairs and replacements for city streets and alleys, bridges and sidewalks; intersection improvements; installation of new traffic signals; and waterline replacements. Proposition B, for $155,000,000, would fund a new police headquarters and a public safety communications facility at Alma Drive in West Park Boulevard, replacing the existing police headquarters and creating a new 9-1-1 dispatch center. Proposition C, for $51,000,000, would rebuild the city’s 34-year-old police training center on 14th Street.

Proposition D, for $37,000,000, would fund public safety fire projects including construction of a new Fire Station 14 at Alma and Park, remodeling Fire Station 8 on Hedgecopes Road and buying land and designing a replacement for Station 3 on Sherry Drive, which the city described as one of its oldest stations. Proposition E, for $45,000,000, would build a new public works fleet maintenance building to serve Plano’s growing vehicle fleet. Proposition F, for $1,900,000, would renovate the interior of the 43-year-old Schimmelfenig Library. Proposition G, for $41,000,000, would fund parks and recreation projects, including acquiring land for underserved areas, renovating community parks that are about 20 years or older, buying land and building a new maintenance facility west of U.S. 75, and continuing development of trails across the city.

The propositions as presented list project categories and approximate locations but do not specify detailed project schedules or parcel addresses beyond the locations named above. Voter approval is required before the city can issue the bonds and begin the projects. For the latest project descriptions, timelines and voting information, the city directs residents to plano.gov/2025bond.

The special election on May 3 will decide whether the city may issue general-obligation bonds for these projects; implementation will depend on election outcomes and subsequent city planning and contracting steps.