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Council hears plan to spend roughly $41 million on resurfacing; officials warn capacity limits
Summary
Council members and staff reviewed the fiscal 2026 resurfacing plan, which combines carryover balances, a $5 million reallocation from FY24 and $21.2 million in dedicated transportation funds. Staff said the city can begin many projects in FY26 but warned contractor and design capacity will limit how much is completed in a single year.
City staff told the Tampa City Council at a special budget workshop that roughly $41 million is currently identified as available for resurfacing projects in fiscal 2026, combining unspent prior-year budgets, a reallocation approved earlier from FY24 and the $21.2 million All for Transportation allocation. Council members pressed staff for a clearer, map-based schedule and for quarterly spending reports so the public can see what is paved and when.
Hager Kopetski, city council budget analyst, summarized the resurfacing picture and the new FY26 dollars: “We recently, as a council, reallocated from the fiscal 24 surplus funds $5,000,000 for paving, so that is reflected here.” She said that after spending to date the city had about $4.5 million in remaining historical balances and a new FY26…
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