Board pauses Cobb rehabilitation work; orders staff to pursue asphalt change order after residents raise concerns

Summary

After residents and supervisors raised concerns that double chip seal would not withstand Cobb’s steep, snowy roads and heavy post‑fire traffic, Public Works paused the 2024 pavement project. Interim director Lars Ewing recommended adding hot‑mix asphalt to priority sections; board directed staff to return with a change order and funding plan.

Interim Public Works Director Lars Ewing told the Lake County Board of Supervisors on July 29 that construction of the Cobb Area 2024 pavement rehabilitation project had been paused after residents and staff raised concerns about specified double chip seal on several steep, high‑use roads.

"The repair methods that are proposed...are either 2 and a half inches or 3 inches of asphalt, or grinding, reshaping, compacting and placing a double chip seal," Ewing said as he explained the two approaches in the project’s plans. He said the contractor, Argonaut Constructors, was building to the approved plans and that the concerns were about the design choice rather than construction quality.

Ewing told supervisors the project originally had an engineer’s estimate near $8.9 million; after bid adjustments and scope refinement staff prepared a recommendation to replace some chip‑seal sections…

Board pauses Cobb rehabilitation work; orders staff to pursue asphalt change order after residents raise concerns

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