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Staff outlines $15M'$20M transportation packages for 2026 bond; council debates adding ADA upgrades and new signals
Summary
Transportation staff presented candidate projects for a potential 2026 bond, emphasizing a near-term need to rebuild aging traffic signals and advance active-transportation trails, and offered $15 million and $20 million packages for council feedback.
City transportation staff urged the Richardson City Council to prioritize traffic-signal rebuilds and active-transportation projects when considering a potential 2026 bond, offering two price-point packages and asking for council direction on whether to add ADA intersection upgrades and new signal locations.
Mark Nelson, Director of Transportation Mobility, briefed the council on the city's traffic and active-transportation inventory and proposed bond candidates. Nelson said the city manages roughly 134 traffic signals (135 soon), 26 schools with about 90 school-zone flashers, 12 rectangular rapid flashing beacons, roughly 1,000 city-owned street lights, over 22,000 signs, about 400 lane miles of pavement markings and…
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