The city of Midland, Texas, announced on Oct. 30, 2025, that it has completed its $100 million Road Bond project — after years of lane closures and construction, newswest9.com reported.
The project, which voters approved in 2017, aimed to upgrade 26 streets citywide, including high-traffic corridors like "A" Street, Main Street, Garfield Street, Cuthbert Avenue and Thomason Drive and residential roads such as Taylor Avenue, Hicks Avenue, Carter Avenue and Bluebird Lane.
City officials said that 22 of the 26 projects included in the bond project also involved utility upgrades. Many involved replacing aging metal pipes embedded in the streets — infrastructure that had caused multiple sinkholes and roadway failures, newswest9.com reported.
"The underground utilities were in such poor condition that replacing them was essential," city officials said.
City leaders said the lengthy construction period brought "cone fatigue" to many drivers, noting that the project length was unprecedented for Midland, newswest9.com reported.
The initial five-year timeline was impacted by statewide construction activity, as the Texas Department of Transportation distributed hundreds of millions of dollars for projects across West Texas. That affected contractor availability and schedules.
City officials confirmed the Road Bond was completed under budget despite those issues.
Sixty percent of the funds were designated to cover the cost of pavement removal and repaving, 24.4 percent was devoted to utility line replacement, 10.4 percent was devoted to Americans with Disabilities (ADA) compliance modifications and 5.2 percent went to engineering costs.
As the city makes final touches along Main Street, its officials said the completion signifies a milestone in addressing its long-standing infrastructure needs, newswest9.com reported.
"With the Road Bond now behind us, we can turn our focus to other streets that have gone decades without significant improvements," officials said.
