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Davidson requests $4.4M to add street reconstruction to USDA‑funded water project
Summary
Davidson officials asked for $4.4 million to reconstruct local streets in coordination with an already awarded $11.7 million USDA loan for water and sewer upgrades, arguing combined work saves design and construction costs.
Representative Martin’s office presented on behalf of the City of Davidson a request for $4,400,000 on June 11 to add pavement reconstruction to an existing USDA‑Rural Development package that covers water plant and sewer work.
City Manager Andrea Schroeder said Davidson recently secured a roughly $11.7 million USDA loan (40‑year at 2.5%) for a water treatment plant upgrade, tower painting and sanitary sewer work. She told the subcommittee categories of local streets are generally ineligible for most state programs and that trying to patch pavement now while trenching for water/sewer work would waste taxpayer dollars.
Nut graf: Davidson officials argued adding road reconstruction to the water project is more cost‑effective because it reduces duplicate mobilizations, design and construction overhead; the city said it has tried and failed to secure DWRSF and other state funding for these specific local streets.
Schroeder said the city’s local street revenue and expenditures are roughly $206,000 and $252,000 respectively and that the $4.4 million request is intended to cover the street portion of the combined work. She said the city will bid the project as early as 2026 and hopes the $4.4 million plus the USDA loan and $2.3 million in local sewer funds will complete the overall scope, subject to bid results.
Ending: The subcommittee asked about phasing and administrative costs; Davidson officials said the primary water work would be the immediate priority and that they would provide any requested administrative cost information to the committee.
