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Council delays Fourth East Street reconstruction to 2026, approves budgeting and uses LRIP grant
Summary
Engineers told the council core testing and school-year traffic make starting reconstruction this summer impractical; council moved to include the project in the 2025–26 budget, return $700,000 to the general fund this year and apply an awarded LRIP grant.
Preston's council decided to move the major repair of Fourth East Street into next year's construction program after engineers said surface work could not start this summer without disrupting nearby schools.
The issue matters because the project was originally budgeted this fiscal year at $750,000 but engineering work and testing now push construction into mid-2026 to avoid closing the road during the school year.
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