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Bellemead public works director outlines multi-year capital projects and street-preservation plan
Summary
Public Works Director Craig Rice summarized five years of capital projects and presented a FY2025 microsurfacing program proposal; council asked a few clarifying questions and staff said construction timelines vary by project.
Public Works Director Craig Rice presented a consolidated update on Bellemead’s public-works capital program from 2021–2025, describing completed projects, ongoing construction and planned work including sewer, lift-station reconstruction, water-well rehabilitation, SCADA replacement and a proposed FY2025 microsurfacing schedule.
Rice said major completed projects include the Cherry/Tyree Williams Road reconstruction (EDA grant-funded, roughly $800,000), a downtown ADA sidewalk replacement funded by the Texas Department of Agriculture ($500,000 plus a $75,000 city match), and several water and wastewater repairs including a CDBG wastewater line replacement completed in September 2024. He said the city’s lift-station reconstruction (three sites) is under construction with two of three stations nearly self-sustaining and the Highway 84 station still in active construction.
Rice described the North Interceptor Project — a multi-jurisdictional sanitary sewer undertaking involving Waco, Lakeview, Texas State Technical College and Bellemead — and said Project 1 is divided into phases (1a/1b/1c) with staggered completion; 1a is nearing final punch-list work and 1b/1c work continues with early- to mid-2025 targets for some segments and early 2026 estimated completion for other phases.
He also outlined a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) replacement to modernize remote monitoring following earlier lightning and obsolescence issues and highlighted well and tank rehabilitation work.
On streets, Rice reviewed a four-year microsurfacing program (pavement-preservation treatment) and proposed 24 streets for FY2025 — roughly 73,000 square yards — with an estimated cost range of $280,000–$320,000 (projected using a 5% markup on recent prices). Council members asked for clarifications, including why Blackwell Street appeared on a proposed map; Rice said he would adjust the proposal and bring a finalized list to the next council meeting.
Rice credited outside grants and engineering for much of the work and thanked finance staff for investment stewardship. No formal council action was taken; Rice said the FY2025 microsurfacing plan would return to council for action after final adjustments.
