Politics & Government
Loudoun Voters OK Park Facility, Road, School and Public Safety Bonds
Every question on issuing bonds won by a significant margin.
Loudoun voters overwhelmingly backed a series of bond sales to help pay for items in four different areas: parks, roads, schools and public safety.
Fifty-eight percent of voters supported the issuance of more than $34 million in general obligation bonds to upgrade irrigation systems for athletic fields, improve the Dulles South Multi-Purpose Center, pay for part of Lovettsville Park and fund other unnamed park items.
Nearly 68 percent of voters backed the issuance of nearly $10.8 million in G.O. bonds for a series of school improvements Mercer Middle, Freedom High, Loudoun County High and some other unspecified facilities.
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More than $14 million in bonds will be issued to pay for fire and rescue equipment, a new Lucketts fire station and other items. More than 68 percent of voters supported that question.
But $3.2 million in bond sales for roads won the most support – nearly 76.6 percent – to pay for improvements to Belmont Ridge Road and fund other road projects.
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