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Committee briefed on failing streets, $1.2M overlay plan and shift to gravel for worst roads
Summary
Public Works staff told Stayton's budget committee that roughly one-third of the city's street system is in failed or poor condition and outlined a biennial program of overlays, slurry seals and selective reconstruction that returns the worst streets to gravel.
Stayton's budget committee was told Thursday that a large share of the city's street network needs attention and that staff plan a mix of maintenance actions rather than full reconstruction for every failed street.
Key numbers and condition: Public Works staff gave an inventory-based estimate that the street capital replacement value is about $241,000,000 and that roughly $82,000,000 (about 34 percent) of that network is in failed or poor condition. Under the proposed biennial budget the city would invest $1,200,000 in street overlay projects and $600,000 in slurry seal and crack-seal work.
Targeted reconstruction approach: Barry, Public Works staff, explained that for a small set of the very worst streets the…
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