CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A majority of Bond 2024 will be spent on street repair and improvements.
The $175 million bond is split among parks, streets, public-safety infrastructure, as well as libraries and community centers.
The largest chunk of Bond 2024 will be spent on street improvements.
An example of the last major bond on streets is improvements and widening along Yorktown Boulevard, which has just begun.
"We have a lot of new developments on the South Side, a lot of new homes being built," said realtor Karo Azali. "The Del Mar campus, and especially the new elementary and middle CCISD schools that are opening up."
Azali has his main office just off Yorktown, and said the work that's about to begin is needed when he sees kids waiting for school busses on the edge of an unfinished roadway.
"We need roads that can support that demand of traffic and the amount of safety that's needed," he said. "We need sidewalks in this area. That's going to help with the drainage as well. So in the long term, I think it's going to be beneficial for the South Side, even though temporarily we may have to deal with some traffic and delays."
Design work is also funded for Bear Lane, Allencrest and Acushnet, and construction projects include Broadway, Rand Morgan, Alameda, Holly and Lipes.
Assistant city manager Neiman Young said the city is catching up with some long-needed improvements.
"We're going to continue doubling down on our efforts to improve the Alameda corridor," he said. "Flour Bluff Drive, that was addressed in Bond '22."
He said the street improvement projects are spread among all the city districts.
"Up in Calallen area, we're going to really take a hard look at expanding Rand Morgan Road," he said. "As you know, there's a lot of residential development that's been outpacing that corridor in Calallen."
Azali said people will still be able to get around.
"There's multiple entry/exit points into our neighborhoods and all the other neighborhoods on the South Side," he said. "So I don't think it's going to cause too many problems to our business and development. And right now, on this side of Yorktown, there isn't too many brick-and-mortar stores, so I don't think it's going to have a drastic effect on that."
After public input, and if city council approves the bond, it will go before voters on Nov. 5.