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Council reviews $6 million-plus 2026 road program, names streets for reconstruction
Summary
City Manager Boyer presented a proposed 2026 street improvement program that allocates roughly $3.3 million from the street improvement fund to the annual road program and a total of just over $6 million in street-related expenditures, naming specific projects and estimated costs.
Freeport City Manager Boyer told the City Council that the 2026 road program is budgeted from the Street Improvement Fund and includes more than $3.3 million for the city's 2026 road program and a total of just over $6 million in street-related expenditures.
The program matters because it combines local sales- and utility-tax revenues, motor-fuel-related funds and debt service to repair or replace water mains, reconstruct streets and address stormwater problems on several corridors that the city has prioritized.
"So the 26 road program, we have budgeted based off the list that we made a couple years ago," City Manager Boyer said, describing the compilation of projects. He said some projects include water-main work that increases total costs.
Major projects and rough cost estimates presented by staff…
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