Concord Council OKs two street projects using SB1 funds
At the April 7 virtual meeting, the Concord City Council approved street repairs in the Graymount Circle/Woodside neighborhoods and along Oak Grove Road.
Funding will come from Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which addresses transportation funding shortfalls statewide.
Concord expects to receive an estimated $2,122,713 million in state funding for Fiscal Year 2020-’21, which is the third year the city has obtained SB1 funding to rehabilitate local streets and improve its transportation infrastructure. However, the actual distribution could be lower due to the shelter in place orders, which have decreased the amount of gas taxes collected statewide.
According to the resolution, Concord has “undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our five-year Pavement Management Plan to identify the project list.”
The city used a Pavement Management System to develop the SB1 project list “to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment.”
The two projects approved are:
Pavement maintenance Zone 3. Areas of the Graymount Circle/Woodside neighborhoods will receive slurry, cape seal or “more robust treatments” as required. Plans include Graymount Circle, Barrymore Drive, McKean Drive, San Simeon Drive, Citrus Avenue and related side streets. The project cost is about $3,270,000, and the estimated useful life is 10-15 years. Funding beyond the SB1 allocation will be part of the city’s FY 2020-’21/2021-’22 capital budget. Construction is planned for July-November 2021.
Oak Grove Road pavement rehabilitation. This project may use FY 2019-’20 revenue, but the city is relisting it to reaffirm its intent to fund it with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenue. The plan extends the recently completed pavement rehabilitation work on Oak Grove Road from Whitman Road to Treat Boulevard. The project is expected to cost $3,330,000, and the estimated useful life is 15-20 years. Construction is scheduled for April-September 2020.