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Dallas approves record $5.2 billion budget for infrastructure upgrades

Dallas adopted a record $5.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 allocating $2.2 billion to sustainable infrastructure and critical water system improvements.

By The Daily Dallas · Published July 24, 2026

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Dallas adopted a record $5.2 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 allocating $2.2 billion specifically to sustainable infrastructure and critical water system improvements according to item [55].

The city committed over $431 million in April 2026 to infrastructure including $110 million for street resurfacing corridor upgrades and trail funding plus $90 million for the Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant according to item [55].

Nine major freeway upgrades exceeding $830 million are set to commence in Dallas in 2026 including a $730.5 million expansion of Interstate 30 from I-35E to I-45 according to items [9] and [55].

Sources: perplexity-sonar, perplexity-sonar.

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