Collin County voters rejected all four propositions of an $817.5 million bond package on Nov. 3, according to unofficial election results reported by Community Impact.

The defeat leaves the county without funding for jail expansion, major road projects and other infrastructure that officials said is needed to keep pace with growth. As we reported Nov. 4, the bond was on the same ballot as the closely watched county judge race.

County officials had identified roughly $1.2 billion in project needs before narrowing the bond to $817.5 million across four propositions, Collin County Commissioner Darrell Hale said.

"We started off and we looked at all the needs," Hale said. "Actually, the needs are even greater than what we put on the bond package."

How each proposition fared

With all vote centers reporting, every proposition drew majority opposition. Results remain unofficial until canvassed.

  • Proposition A ($296.5 million for court and detention facilities): 62.59% against
  • Proposition B ($475 million for road projects): 51.67% against
  • Proposition C ($6 million for parks and open space): 53.32% against
  • Proposition D ($40 million for elections and records storage): 69.97% against

Proposition D drew the strongest opposition. Proposition B, the largest item, failed by the narrowest margin.

Jail nearing capacity

Proposition A would have funded expansions of the Collin County Courthouse and the county jail. The jail portion was about $90 million and would have added 550 beds, according to Community Impact's earlier reporting on the bond package. About 1,200 inmates were housed at the jail as of Aug. 10, Collin County Administrator Yoon Kim said in that report.

Hale said the jail is already close to capacity. Without bond funding, the county will have to find alternatives.

"We'd have to ship prisoners out of the county and lease space from other jails," he said.

Road projects stall

The failure of Proposition B will likely stall major road projects, including the Collin County Outer Loop and improvements to Dallas North Tollway, Hale said.

"It would just bring to a halt to all sorts of roads," he said.

The $475 million could have funded service roads for Dallas North Tollway, a second service road for the Outer Loop west of US 75 and a service road from Farmersville to Rockwall County, Collin County Director of Engineering Clarence Daugherty said when the bond was proposed.

The Outer Loop is a planned 53-mile roadway through north and east Collin County that will connect to US 75 and other major highways, according to Community Impact.

A segment connecting Celina to north of McKinney opened Nov. 7, 2025, funded by the county's 2018 bond.

That $62.7 million project built a two-lane connection from Dallas North Tollway in Celina to US 75 north of McKinney.

Tax rate context

The bond would not have triggered an automatic tax increase. County officials said the debt service tax rate could have risen from 4.18 cents per $100 of taxable value to a maximum of 4.95 cents by 2031, depending on population growth.

For a property with a taxable value of $350,000, that would have amounted to about $27 a year, Wylie News reported.

Collin County added nearly 43,000 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, ranking second nationally among counties for population growth, according to U.S. Census figures cited by the Dallas Morning News.

The Collin County Commissioners Court placed the four propositions on the ballot during an Aug. 10 meeting. The bond was designed to cover a six-year program spanning fiscal years 2027 through 2032.