Council debates street rehabilitation, new-road items and ballot wording for infrastructure proposition

Beaumont councilors discussed whether to bundle street rehabilitation and new street construction in a single infrastructure proposition or to separate new-road expansions into distinct ballot items after Gap Strategies presented initial infrastructure figures. Consultants had presented an infrastructure proposition that included sidewalks, roads and drainage with a committee figure cited at about $94.6 million. Council members said voters’ feedback favors repairing existing streets rather than building new roads, and several councilors proposed removing two new-road items — the Dallin Road extension and Point Parkway expansion — from the main proposition and instead placing them as separate propositions for voter approval. Why it matters: Bond-counsel advice made…