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Board approves 2025 Pavement Management Project, sets March 6 bid opening
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved the county’s 2025 pavement management project, set a March 6 bid opening and authorized staff to award and later return for ratification.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the specifications and engineer’s estimate for the 2025 pavement management project on Feb. 11, authorized a competitive call for bids and set the bid opening for 2:15 p.m. on March 6, 2025. The board also directed Community Development and Infrastructure (CDI) to return to the board on or before June 24, 2025, to ratify the contract award.
County staff said the 2025 project leverages multiple funding sources — primarily Measure D local road resurfacing funds plus a federal RSTP grant exchanged into state dollars — and integrates paving needs from county parks and county sanitation districts to increase bid competition and reduce unit costs. Staff identified locations by supervisorial district: Live Oak and Soquel (District 1), West Seacliff (District 2), about 4.5 miles on Swanton Road (District 3), Murphy’s Crossing and Rogie Lane (District 4) and storm repairs on Mount Charlie (District 5). The project also includes parking‑lot resurfacing for county parks.
Casey Carlson, senior civil engineer, said District 3 funds were saved for five to six years to enable a longer stretch of work on Swanton Road, and District 2’s West Seacliff work leverages wastewater main replacement funds from the county sanitation district. Steve Wiesner, assistant director of public works, described Measure D as the project’s primary local funding source and noted the county has delivered Measure D projects annually since 2018.
The staff recommendation included approval of two transfers of Measure D funds. The transcript records one transfer amount as $1,781,000; a second transfer figure was partially stated and is not fully specified in the record presented to the board.
Public commenters asked how project areas are prioritized and urged additional work in evacuation corridors and other neighborhood pockets in the county. Supervisors and staff described selection criteria: pavement condition, neighborhood priorities, travel demand and opportunities to group nearby work to reduce mobilization costs. Staff said larger arterials and evacuation routes are typically funded through state and federal grants obtained through the Regional Transportation Commission, with Measure D focused on neighborhood resurfacing.
Supervisor Cummings moved the recommended actions and Supervisor DeCerpa seconded; the board voted aye unanimously (Supervisors DeCerpa, Cummings, Martinez, Koenig and Chair Hernandez).
