Lancaster officials present first five-year capital improvement plan totaling about $300 million

Lancaster City officials on Tuesday presented the city’s first official five-year capital improvement plan (CIP), outlining 142 projects from 2026 through 2030 with a combined estimated cost of about $299,100,000.

The plan focuses the largest shares of spending on water and sewer infrastructure, which together account for roughly two-thirds of the total, city staff said. "This is the first official 5 year capital improvement plan for the city of Lancaster," Director Campbell said during the presentation.

City staff told council the CIP groups projects by fund and program and identifies 11 funding-source categories, including committed grants, existing bond proceeds, and a recurring reimbursement from sewer partner municipalities. Staff said roughly $50,600,000 in bond funding, about $46,700,000 in committed grants, and about $42,600,000 from sewer partners are already allocated to projects in the plan; the remaining unfunded portion would be addressed through future debt or new grants and was shown in staff materials as approximately $159,200,000 under a conservative assumption that no new grants are secured.