A variety of public infrastructure projects in El Paso are expected to launch in the wake of a vote by the City Council providing bond funding for the work.
Members of the council have given their unanimous approval to some $70 million in the latest funding to come out of the big $272 million Community Progress Bond passed by city voters nearly four years ago.
The new round of funding will pay for both upgrades and improvements to streets and parks, as well as support renewable energy infrastructure.
More specifically, the new funding will go for the building of shade structures in the city’s parks, along with both street extension projects and roadway repaving.
As originally approved by voters in November of 2022, the Community Progress Bond is seeing some 90% of funding going to a wide variety of street improvement efforts across the city.
The street portion of the bond, according to the official language of the ballot proposition, is dedicated to work on the city’s 50 most-travelled arterial roadways. Included in that work are upgrades to sidewalks, along with the design and building of traffic signal intersections.
Just 8% of the bonds are designated for park improvements, with the remaining 2% set to fund what are officially called Climate Action Plan projects such as creating more green spaces and bike paths, while also installing electric vehicle charging stations.
April 16, 2026
By Garry Boulard
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