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Volusia County outlines priorities for road repairs, resurfacing and bridge work; council approves funding direction
Summary
County staff presented a multi‑year plan targeting safety upgrades, resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation; council approved directing general‑fund money to maintenance and capital projects and a revised five‑year capital improvements schedule.
Volusia County engineers told the County Council on Feb. 4 that a growing backlog of road maintenance and several safety‑critical projects require additional, recurring general‑fund support. The council voted to direct staff to move forward with the proposed allocation and accepted updates to the five‑year capital improvement schedule.
County Engineer Tad Casebeer and Public Works Director Ben Bartlett presented a prioritization that splits spending three ways: larger capital upgrades for safety and geometry improvements, a longer resurfacing program for thoroughfares, and expanded use of lower‑cost pavement preservation techniques such as cape seal on local streets.
Casebeer highlighted five segments with pressing safety issues — including sections with adjacent canals, narrow lanes and missing paved shoulders — and described projects to bring those corridors up to modern safety standards. Bartlett said resurfacing needs will increase as the county shifts focus from local roads to higher‑cost thoroughfares; the county’s overall pavement‑condition index has improved, but the thoroughfare average slipped.
The county also outlined a package of bridge projects. Staff described an upcoming deck rehab on Knox Bridge, cathodic protection and mechanical rehabilitation for the Main Street movable bridge, and design work on scour‑critical bridges to be submitted for Transform 386 funding. Bartlett estimated the total near‑term bridge work at about $18.4 million and said projects would be phased.
Council members asked about life expectancy of different pavement types, inspection and warranty practices, and project timing. Bartlett said design and permitting for an elevation project on the tide‑influenced stretch of Beach Street should conclude within six months, with construction to follow, and that Transform 386 funding and a legislative appropriation are being sought for some projects.
After discussion the council approved a motion to direct staff to apply the proposed general‑fund allocation strategy to road maintenance, resurfacing, and bridge work and to show project selections in the upcoming budget. The council also approved an ordinance updating the county’s five‑year capital improvements schedule for concurrency management.
