Planning commission finds Redding’s 2024–2030 capital improvement plan consistent with general plan

The Redding Planning Commission voted to find the City of Redding’s 2024–2025 through 2029–2030 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) consistent with the city’s general plan and will forward the CIP to city council for a public hearing and adoption by resolution.

Joshua Anthony, planning staff presenter, told the commission the CIP is a five‑year program that summarizes capital projects across nine city divisions and is “not a budget document, but rather a metric to gauge the amount of budget necessary to maintain or improve the infrastructure for the city.” He said the document groups about 165 capital investments funded by 45 different funding sources and totaling roughly $718,000,000 over the five‑year window.

The CIP, Anthony said, is prepared in conformance with the Mitigation Fee Act and related Government Code provisions and is brought to planning commission so the commission can make the required consistency findings before the plan goes to council. He noted that projects scheduled in fiscal years 2024–25 and 2025–26 are fully funded, while projects in years three through five are partially funded or awaiting additional funding sources.

Major projects and funding examples in the CIP include: the Runway 16/34 and taxiway connectors rehabilitation at Redding Regional Airport (engineer’s estimate about $27,000,000); an Old Oregon Trail widening contract awarded to Tula Inc. (engineer’s estimate $2,300,000); a protected left‑turn project and ADA corner upgrades at about 10 downtown intersections (engineer’s estimate about $1,100,000, funded by a Highway Safety Improvement Program grant); the Trinity Bikeway (about…