PRESS RELEASE: Residents have until Jan. 15 to help shape Oklahoma City’s 2025 bond program


The City of Oklahoma City sends this information as posted below:


Oklahoma City residents have until Jan. 15 to drop a pin on the map at okc.gov/go and tell the City leaders where they have infrastructure needs in their neighborhoods and community.

Since October, residents have contributed 3,393 ideas of projects they would like to see included in a general obligation (GO) bond election planned for fall 2025. Ideas range from street repaving, widening and traffic lights to sidewalks, drainage, park improvements and more.

“The 2025 bond package will fund basic needs and critical infrastructure every community needs for stability, growth and safety,” City Manager Craig Freeman said. “Since 2017, when the last bond program was approved, we have been gathering input from residents in various ways to learn about neighborhood and community needs. While we can’t meet every need across OKC’s 621 miles with a single GO bond election, we ask residents to help us identify priorities.”

GO bonds are the City’s most important tool for funding major infrastructure projects, such as building or rebuilding streets, bridges, parks, police and fire facilities, sidewalks and more. Bond projects have been used since before statehood to pay for the City’s critical infrastructure and are determined based on street and bridge ratings, planning studies, the City Council’s priorities, operating impact and resident survey results.

Since October 2024, the City has hosted eight community meetings and more than a dozen pop-up events to solicit project ideas from residents. The City also partnered with Neighborhood Alliance to get input from neighborhoods and encouraged community organizations to get involved.

The City will host a virtual town hall meeting on Jan. 8 from noon to 12:30 p.m. A link to join is available here.

On Jan. 13, residents are invited to stop by Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene at 4400 NW Expressway between 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to provide input in person.Get more information at okc.gov/go.


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