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Blue Springs adopts $237.6 million CIP, funds $116 million and approves pavement management task order
Summary
On July 7 the City Council adopted a five‑year capital improvements program totaling $237.6 million (about $116 million funded) and approved a task order with Cochran Engineering to begin the pavement management/pavement preservation program funded in part by the 2024 bond and the transportation sales tax.
The Blue Springs City Council on July 7 adopted the proposed fiscal‑year 2026–2030 capital improvements program (CIP) and approved a task order to Cochran Engineering to begin the pavement management program described in the plan.
City Administrator Christine Cates summarized the CIP. The total five‑year program—funded and unfunded projects—was listed at $237,600,000; staff said $116,000,000 (48.7 percent) of that total is currently funded and the remaining $121,000,000 is unfunded. Staff noted the August 2024 bond election moved many projects from the unfunded list to the funded list; bond‑funded projects and other priorities are reflected in the program.
Cates and Cochran Engineering’s pavement specialist Dave Christiansen described two new program elements: a preventative pavement maintenance program (PPMP) and a vehicle/equipment replacement plan funded primarily from the transportation sales…
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