Austin City Council members plan to have public comment and possibly adopt ballot language Aug. 11 on a proposed $720 million mobility bond the city is considering for the Nov. 8 election.

At its June 23 meeting, council approved moving forward with a $720 million bond proposition that would dedicate $101 million for regional road projects, including work on Loop 360; $482 million for implementing the city’s seven corridor plans; and $137 million for local mobility projects, including funding sidewalk, bicycle, Vision Zero and urban trails master plans.

Council members also discussed Aug. 2 how detailed they should set the bond proposition language as well as the ballot language.

Assistant City Manager Robert Goode said staff recommended the ballot language include roadways that would receive improvements but not list funding for the separate categories of regional, corridor improvement or local mobility projects.

“At this point we think you may be getting the voters a little confused,” he said. “That’s a lot of information to have on each category and each project. … We would leave that level of specificity in the proposition.”

District 9 Council Member Kathie Tovo said she has not decided how specific the ballot language should be but raised concerns about being too specific. She said she would not want the city to miss out on federal grants to make improvements on one of the corridors because the city is locked into the bond funding.

Several council members, including Ann Kitchen, Delia Garza, Don Zimmerman and Ellen Troxclair, said they would prefer the ballot language to have more specific details, including funding amounts and project locations.

“The majority of people will be reading the ballot language for the first time when they walk in that booth [to vote], and I want it to be as transparent as possible,” Garza said.