Projects expected to be funded by the first Better Streets, Safer City bond sale include streets across Oklahoma City, a new soccer complex on the northwest side and improvements to sports facilities.
The City Council in March authorized the sale of $123.7 million in general obligation bonds, and the sale will close in May. It includes the bonds from the 2007 program and the first bonds for the Better Streets, Safer City program. Some bonds were sold as tax exempt, and others as taxable.
About half the bonds, $60.3 million, will fund street improvements, bridges, traffic control, sidewalks and drainage projects from both programs. Other projects to be funded by this bond sale include a new soccer complex in northwest Oklahoma City, new and improved parks, improvements to the ASA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, and maintenance and improvements to Chesapeake Energy Arena and Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.
“There will be community engagement as the plans for the soccer complex unfold,” said Ward 8 Councilman Mark Stonecipher. “We’re excited about the soccer complex, the street improvements and all of the investments Oklahoma City residents chose to make as part of our bond programs.”
More than $1.2 billion of infrastructure investment is included in the Better Streets, Safer City bond and sales tax programs, plus funds to hire more police officers and firefighters.
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