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Board signals preference to use SB1 revenue first for road maintenance, directs staff on 2025 SB1 project list
Summary
After a study session on Feb. 11, supervisors signaled support for prioritizing SB1 funds to restore traditional road-maintenance operations before allocating the balance to contracted pavement projects; Public Works will return with a proposed SB1 project list and multi-year paving program.
Calaveras County's Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 heard a study session from Public Works about a structural deficit in the county road fund and directed staff to prepare a 2025 SB1 project list and a draft multi-year paving program that prioritizes maintaining in-house road-maintenance operations.
Public Works and staff explained that traditional road revenues (gas taxes, highway-user taxes and other allocations) are flat or declining, while operating costs are increasing. The department projected a structural deficit in the road fund of roughly $2 million to $2.5 million over five years…
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