Salt Lake County's $128 million parks and recreation bond is passing
Unofficial results show 60.8% of voters approving bonds for 30 park, trail and recreation projects. The county says tax bills would not change because the new debt replaces expiring 2016 bonds.
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The vote
Salt Lake County voters were approving a $128 million parks and recreation bond in unofficial results early Wednesday. With 928 of 1,006 precincts reporting, 148,098 votes, or 60.84%, were for issuing the bonds and 95,343, or 39.16%, were against. [1]
The bond question appeared on every ballot in the county as a special bond election, alongside the statewide races. [1]
The results are unofficial. The county is still counting ballots, and the county canvass will make the totals final later this month.
What the bonds pay for
The Salt Lake County Council approved putting up to $128 million in general obligation bonds on the ballot in August. The money would fund 30 projects in regional parks, trails, open space and recreation facilities, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. [2]
About $62.3 million would go to new projects, including an all-abilities playground at Library Square in Salt Lake City, an athletic complex in Herriman and a recreation center in West Jordan. Nearly $36 million would pay for repairs and upgrades to existing facilities, and nearly $30 million would finish construction on projects already underway and cover contingencies. [2]
What it means for tax bills
Bonds that county voters approved in 2016 will soon be paid off, and the new bonds would replace that debt. Because the cost of the new bonds would match the old ones, residents would not see their tax bills go up or down, the Tribune reported. The cost is about $16.39 a year for the average county resident with a home worth $658,000. [2]
Other local bonds
In the same county results, a separate City of Sandy bond question was trailing, with 12,637 votes, or 51.61%, against and 11,849, or 48.39%, for, with 95 of 110 Sandy precincts reporting. [1]
In Summit County, early returns showed the Snyderville Basin special bond trailing 53.76% to 46.24%, in the first returns Summit County posted Tuesday night. Those returns were partial, and more ballots remain to be counted there. [3]
Sources
- Salt Lake County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 1:42 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Salt Lake Tribune: Salt Lake County recreation bond passing as votes come in, Nov. 3, 2026 sltrib.com
- Summit County unofficial 2026 general election results (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
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