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Mayor Julián Castro and County Judge Nelson Wolff, along with Councilwoman Ivy Taylor, announced the City and County’s partnership to enhance the Menger Creek Drainage project. The City allocated $6.5 million from the 2012 bond for the reconstruction of the Menger Creek Channel and an additional $4 million is being contributed by the County. Benefits from this partnership will assist in removing properties from the floodplain, and create a natural destination park for the EastPoint Community.

We need your help. In May, San Antonio citizens will be asked to vote on a $596 million bond package that includes 140 different projects that are, quite literally, all over the map. With help from you, we can put together the information we all need to make an informed choice on that huge and diverse package of projects. At NOWCastSA, we built this map that identifies and shows the location of each of the projects.

REPLAY THE VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast live as the four San Antonio Bond Committees met to discuss and vote on the projects to include in the $596 million bond package that voters will decide on May 12, 2012. The committees met Nov. 14-17 and took a bus tour of selected projects on Dec. 3. On Dec. 5, 6, 7 and 8, the committees met again at the Cliff Morton Development & Business Services Center and voted on the packages to reccomend that City Council approve during its Jan. 18, 2012 meeting.