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County staff update commissioners on hospital, water, roads and public-safety equipment projects
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners on major capital projects, including a nearly complete $4 million hospital childbirth remodel, a large subdivision water/wastewater installation approaching service hookups, a $1 million SCBA purchase for emergency responders, and bridge replacements on County Roads 3000 and 3500.
San Juan County staff updated the commission on multiple infrastructure projects across the county, including health-care facility upgrades, water and wastewater construction, an extension office build, public-safety equipment procurement and bridge work on two county roads.
Public-works staff said the Regional Medical Center's women's inpatient remodel — a roughly $4 million project to upgrade the childbirth center — is near 70% complete and expected to finish this summer. A separate negative-pressure isolation-room project at the hospital is progressing in coordination with that work.
The county's new extension office building was reported at about 40% complete, with roof sheeting scheduled pending weather, and the Total Subdivision water and wastewater project was described as substantially under way: the contractor had installed main water and wastewater lines and expected to begin individual service hookups in the coming weeks after resolving unexpected soils issues encountered during excavation.
Emergency-services staff reported the county acquired about $1 million in self-contained-breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment after receiving $600,000 in congressional-directed spending and $400,000 in a state match; staff said the purchase upgrades county fire and emergency responders and that legacy units with remaining usable life will be offered to smaller volunteer departments or held as reserves.
Public-works staff also briefed the commission on bridge replacement projects affecting County Road 3000 (Southside River Road) and County Road 3500 (Old Aztec Highway). Engineers expect to open at least one travel lane on County Road 3000 in late June and a single lane on County Road 3500 in late July; full contract completion dates are scheduled in early 2026.
Staff noted additional legislative funding awards: $7 million for a triage center request, $2.5 million for clerk's office expansion and election-security upgrades, and $200,000 for EMS Station No. 6 land and design costs. County staff said detailed grant agreements were pending.
