At Monday’s City Council work session, City staff provided the Council with an overview of the City’s traffic operations and infrastructure, the status of traffic signal improvement projects funded by the 2021 Bond Program and discussed traffic and transportation needs for inclusion in a possible 2026 bond election.
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City Council members gathered last Saturday with City staff to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the Foxboro Park playground, 2600 N. Plano Rd., one of eight park playground replacement projects approved by Richardson voters as part of the 2021 Bond Program.
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Setup has begun at Huffhines Park for Santa’s Village, the City’s miniature holiday town, in order to be ready in time for December visitors. It takes the Parks and Recreation Department about two weeks, weather permitting, to get the 14 Village buildings assembled and in place at the park and another month to decorate.
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Volunteers helped plant more than 100 trees at Breckinridge Park this week in celebration of Texas Arbor Day (Nov. 7), making a positive impact on the environment and our City’s largest park.
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The annual wildflower planting program in Richardson is underway at numerous locations around the community including City of Richardson parks and medians. Parks and Recreation staff are planting two different mixes of wildflower seeds—one that includes corn flower, rocket larkspur and red corn poppy, and a second “native mix” that includes flowers such as Texas paintbrushes, wine cups, plains coreopsis and standing cypress.
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