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Committee adopts proposed 2026 street reconstruction list with budget caveat for 20 Eighth project
Summary
The committee accepted a draft five‑year street reconstruction plan that includes several next‑summer projects and longer‑range candidates; members noted 2026 priorities may need revisiting depending on the final cost for 20 Eighth Avenue reconstruction.
The Infrastructure and Facilities Committee voted to accept the proposed streets for the 2026 construction season and to place additional routes on the five‑year plan, while noting 2026 priorities may need adjustment pending the refined estimate for the 20 Eighth Avenue reconstruction.
Staff described the 2026 tentative list: Stark Street (Fifth to Twelfth), 20 Eighth Avenue (West Hill Drive to West Wausau Avenue), North Eighth Avenue (Spruce to Bridge) and West Wausau Avenue (Tenth to Stevens). Staff emphasized that the 20 Eighth estimate in the packet should be updated to reflect the committee’s recent direction to pursue Option 1 and that sanitary sewer and water mains were not included in the initial road‑only estimates.
Committee members added streets to the five‑year list, including North Fourth Avenue (Merrill to Randolph), Seventeenth Avenue and Plummer Street. Alder Martins thanked staff for placing Plummer on the five‑year list, noting frequent constituent complaints about that street.
Alder Neal moved to accept the 2026 list as presented with the caveat that the 2026 program may need revision depending on budget impacts from the 20 Eighth Avenue project; Alder Watson seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Staff said West Wausau Avenue is STP‑urban funded (DOT covers 80%), and noted the department will continue refining cost estimates and pursue federal/state grant funds where appropriate.
