Springfield staff outline 2027–31 Capital Improvement Program, stress funding limits and levee work on 40th Street

City Engineer Stan Petroff presented an update to Springfield’s five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) covering fiscal years 2027–2031 and asked the Planning Commission for feedback before the city forwards a recommendation to the City Council.

Petroff told commissioners the CIP is a planning tool that identifies projects for the next five years but does not set the final budget. He said the program is constrained by staff capacity and declining street-fund revenue, in part because gas-tax revenue is falling as drivers shift to electric vehicles and a recently passed transportation bill may be delayed or referred to the ballot. As a result, staff expect to shift emphasis from local street preservation toward stormwater and wastewater work while continuing slurry and crack-seal pavement programs where possible.

On transportation, staff used a new pavement-inventory van equipped with a rapid falling-weight deflectometer and cameras; contractors used artificial intelligence to map cracks and prioritize work. The systemwide pavement-condition index is about 69 out of…