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Woodland outlines $77 million decade of road work, warns sales-tax risk could double schedule
Summary
City staff told the City Council that Woodland invested about $77 million in road maintenance over the past 10 years, using state and federal grants and local sales tax. Staff described treatment lifespans, per-mile costs for reconstruction and resurfacing, and a zone-based schedule that depends on Measure F continuing beyond 2028.
Woodland officials on Oct. 21 told the City Council the city has invested roughly $77 million in its road program over the last decade and warned that lapsing local sales tax revenue would materially slow future maintenance.
Principal Engineer Katie Wirtzel told the council that about 45% of the $77 million came from state and federal grants, roughly 43% from local sales taxes (Measures E and F), and the remainder from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation revenues under SB1 (RMRA). She said the city is responsible for about 440 lane miles of paved roadway and described a zone-based maintenance approach intended to reduce repeated impacts to the same neighborhoods.
Wirtzel gave cost examples for common treatments: a full…
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