3 Things To Know: City Of OKC Calls For Resident Input On 2025 Bond Program

The City of Oklahoma City is asking for residents' input on a General Obligation (GO) bond election slated for the fall of 2025. Residents are invited to share potential infrastructure improvement projects with the city at www.okc.gov/go

Here are three things you need to know:

1: GO bonds are important

A GO bond focuses on critical infrastructure improvements and basic community needs to foster growth and stability.

The bond, if passed, will allocate funds to various infrastructure projects across the city.

“GO bonds help pay for the city's infrastructure. Things like bridges, streets, parks, drainage, things that are important to city infrastructure,” Kristy Yager, communications director for the City of OKC, said.

2: Your opinion matters

Yager says the best way for city leaders to create the most beneficial GO bond package is by hearing from the citizens of OKC.

While not every single need can be met across the entire city, public input helps identify areas of need.

“We need everybody's contribution in this because we can't be in every neighborhood, on every street. We need to know what needs to be improved,” Yager said.

Residents are invited to let the city know about any improvements big or small.

Some examples include streets that need to be repaved, areas that could use stoplights or stop signs, parks that need to be revamped, or roads that need widening.

“If they feel like a street in their neighborhood needs to be improved, or if there's poor drainage around where they work, they can report it to us so we can consider it for the bond election,” Yager said.

3: Sharing input only takes a few clicks

On the GO bond website, residents can utilize the interactive infrastructure map.

Simply enter an address or click on the location to add a marker. Within that marker, you can indicate the type of infrastructure improvement needed and add comments.

“Residents have until January 15th to go to [the website] and drop a pin on a map and tell us what they think needs to be improved,” Yager said.

Before that January 15th deadline, the city is hosting 2 more town halls regarding the GO bond.

The City will host a virtual town hall meeting on Jan. 8 from noon to 12:30 p.m. Link to join 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.