Delaware County is on track to complete a nearly $40 million emergency radio system upgrade by the end of the year.

Years in the making and the first major radio upgrade in Delaware County since the 1970s, the final payments on the system are expected to be made with a portion of the $115 million General Obligation Bond county council approved earlier this month.

Entities of government such as counties and municipalities use these bonds spread out over decades to pay for long-term projects and capital improvements.

Danielle Floyd, Delaware County’s director of public works, explained that $22 million of that funding will be used to make the final payments on the county’s new public safety radio system.

“This is a project that was requested by local police, fire and EMS agencies for a l

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