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Council presses public works on slow street projects, maintenance staffing and lighting repairs
Summary
City engineers outlined timelines for long-running street projects and neighborhood lighting; councilmembers raised concerns about potholes, staffing shortages, drainage hotspots and recurring failures on Cross Lake Bridge lights.
David Smith, city engineer, briefed the council on the status of street projects funded since 2019 and explained typical project timelines. “A typical roadway design is 5 to 6 months,” Smith said, and he added that from selection and contracting to construction the city’s typical delivery timeline can be about 18 months or more depending on DOTD review, environmental phases and utility relocations.
Smith described several active projects: Lynnwood Phase 3 is set to begin construction at month’s end, Lynnwood Phase 4 is 90–95% designed and under DOTD review, and the citywide collectors and…
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