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Granbury council reviews street plan and considers large bond to accelerate repairs
Summary
City staff presented a windshield condition study showing extensive pavement degradation and recommended engaging TMP Engineering and pursuing a large bond to accelerate street reconstruction; no formal vote was taken.
Granbury — City staff and councilmembers on June 17 discussed a new Granbury Street Plan that shows more roads slipping to fair or poor condition and recommended a more aggressive funding approach, including consideration of a large bond issue to rebuild substandard streets to engineered standards.
City Manager Chris Kaufman presented results of a windshield study that scored streets by surface condition and identified sections needing reconstruction versus routine maintenance. Kaufman told the council the map shows more streets in poor condition than in earlier studies and said the city’s current approach — roughly $1 million per year in paving — has not been sufficient to stop deterioration.
Kaufman said the consultant’s prescription in the plan estimates capital needs at a little over $8 million for the identified set of streets and that the city lacks the annual revenue to pace reconstruction without borrowing. "I would recommend that we do a large bond package for street improvements at some point, in the next few months, or maybe in the next year. I would say the sooner the better," Kaufman said. He proposed engaging TMP Engineering, which has worked on Highway 377 and related projects, to develop an engineered capital plan and a prioritized implementation schedule.
Councilmembers discussed trade-offs, including coordinating paving with planned water-line replacements and prioritizing high-traffic or safety-sensitive streets over low-use routes. Councilmember Corrigan said the city cannot maintain streets at the current funding level and described increasing the annual program as unavoidable. "We can't keep doing this. So I appreciate you putting this together," Corrigan said. Councilmember Coe highlighted how short-term weather events and dust can influence particulate readings but said he was supportive of collecting scientific data and having a clear plan.
Kaufman noted past bond-funded projects and said some previous repaving efforts failed because subgrade issues were not addressed; he said future reconstruction would be done to engineered standards and combined with a maintenance plan that includes treatments such as seal coats and chip seals where appropriate. He also flagged coordination with county work on Old Granbury Road and with anticipated traffic detours from Highway 377 projects.
The council did not take formal action at the June 17 meeting. Kaufman said he plans to meet with TMP Engineering on July 2 to develop a more detailed capital-improvement plan and bring options — including bond size and phasing scenarios — back to council and to the upcoming budget review session.
No vote was required at the meeting; councilmembers said they are generally supportive of pursuing a more robust, funded program but asked staff to return with engineered cost estimates and phased financing options.
