SAN MARCOS — Hays County is moving forward with some of the projects that were in the 2024 road bond program, after finding another source of funding.
At its Sept. 30 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved an order authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation (COs) in an amount not to exceed $240,000,000 for the construction, design, improvement, extension, expansion, upgrade and development of county roads and the acquisition of land and right-of-way.
This comes after a nearly $440 million road bond was placed on the November 2024 election ballot that aimed to bring 35 projects over the course of 30 years to the county, including 11 in Precinct 1, eight in Precinct 2, six in Precinct 3 and 10 in Precinct 4, according to previous reporting by the Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch. Though the bond was passed by the voters, a Travis County judge later deemed it void, stating that the vote to call the election violated the Texas Open Meetings Act.
