Leesburg planning commissioners forward six-year capital improvements plan to council with revisions

The Leesburg Planning Commission on Feb. 6 held a public hearing on the town—apital improvements program (CIP) for fiscal years 2026 nd 2027 through 2031 and voted to forward the draft plan to the Town Council with a set of recommended revisions.

Doug Wagner, assistant director of public works, presented the CIP and told commissioners that, by the plan efinition, a capital improvement is "construction, renovation, demolition, or acquisition of facilities or properties of more than $60,000 with a useful life of at least five years." Wagner said 54% of this year—IP budget is for streets and highways and highlighted 13 newly proposed projects including electric vehicle chargers at miscellaneous town locations, the town hall roof replacement, Utley Park tennis-court and fence replacements, a new milling-and-paving program, townwide bridge maintenance and several stormwater and stream restoration projects. On utilities, staff flagged a review of the disinfection feeding control system and refurbishment of secondary clarifiers A and B.

Commissioners asked for more detail on unfunded requests and overall prioritization. Commissioner Campbell pressed staff on whether there is a consolidated list of department priority projects that did not fit into the six-year funded CIP. Wagner said there is a "priority futures and potential future list" used to track projects…