A pioneering traffic management partnership between the City of Richardson and researchers at UT Dallas has earned international recognition from Smart Cities Connect, a leading organization dedicated to advancing municipal innovation.

Crews worked daily this week to clean streets and plazas at Galatyn Park Urban Center and take down tents, stages and all the rest of the apparatus that shaped the City’s annual three-day Wildflower! Arts & Music festival last weekend. All streets in the area have been reopened to regular traffic.  

This week, May 18-24, is National Public Works Week. The American Public Works Association has been sponsoring National Public Works Week since 1960 to educate people on the importance of public works in improving everyday life.

Heights Family Aquatic Center will open tomorrow, Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26, from noon-8 p.m., weather permitting. All pools will open for the season on Saturday, May 31.   

Newly re-elected City Council Member Ken Hutchenrider has been chosen by his peers on the Richardson City Council to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for the 2025-27 City Council term.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, there will be no City Council work session or meeting May 26. The City Council will next meet Monday, June 2 beginning at 6 p.m.