Richardson presents FY26 transportation, safety and active-transportation work plan

Richardson's Transportation and Mobility Department presented its FY26 work plan, outlining operations, capital projects and grant-funded mobility initiatives including traffic-signal rebuilds, street-light upgrades, active-transportation expansions and a federally funded safety action plan.

Mark Nelson, the department director, told the council the city maintains about 134 signals and roughly 1,000 street lights (plus TxDOT-owned lights along state corridors) and that the department aims to replace signs on a 12-year cycle and pavement markings on a 5–7-year cycle; school-zone markings are inspected more frequently. The city is…