Dallas voters consider $1.25 billion in capital improvement bonds

The city of Dallas put forth a series of bond propositions on May 4 for capital projects.

The biggest ticket item on the May bond ballot would be more than $520 million to pay for street projects throughout the City of Dallas. That amount represents nearly half of the entire bond package.

The second-most money was $345 million allocated for park projects in the city.

The Dallas City Council approved the bond package in February by a vote of 14-1 after dropping updates to City Hall and the Stemmons Building from the package.

Below is a breakdown of the dollar amounts for the 10 propositions and the latest vote.

$521.2 million for streets and transportation

$345.27 million for parks and recreation

$52.1 million for flood protection and storm drainage

$43.53 million for libraries

$75.2 million for cultural art facilities

$90 million for public safety

$72.3 million for economic development

$26.4 million for housing

$19 million for homeless facilities

$5 million for Information Technology