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Council hears preliminary street‑bond options, Robert Road among costly priorities
Summary
Staff outlined candidate transportation projects for a potential future bond, citing an $11.6 million estimate to widen Robert Road (Tranquil to Roundup) and a combined grant application of about $11.7 million for multiple corridors; a $7 million per‑mile unit cost for full sidewalk/road reconstruction was flagged.
Town staff briefed the Prescott Valley Town Council on Nov. 6 about potential transportation projects that could be included in a future street bond and on related grant activity. The briefing was framed around the recently completed safety action plan and a town review of fiscal capacity for the 2025–26 budget.
Parker Murphy, the town’s traffic engineer, presented a prioritized list of corridors and explained the top safety projects were identified using 10 years of crash data (2014–2023). Murphy said the town applied for federal grant funding for a package combining projects (items 2, 4, 6 and 7) totaling about $11.7 million, but staff had not yet received notification from the grant program.
Murphy identified Robert Road (Tranquil to Roundup) as a high‑priority safety project: the proposed scope would widen the roadway to a three‑lane section, add turning lanes and make intersection improvements at Long Mesa Drive and Roundup Drive. He estimated that project’s cost at about $11.6 million and cited 74 crashes on the analyzed segment from 2014 to 2023, including one fatal and two serious injuries.
On pedestrian infrastructure, staff used an illustrative unit cost of about $7,000,000 per mile to reconstruct older chip‑seal streets with curb, gutter and sidewalk and noted the town has approximately 128 miles of roadway that could require that level of work — underscoring a large fiscal need if the town sought widespread sidewalk coverage.
Murphy said next steps would include selecting a subset of projects (staff suggested a package totaling less than $30 million), preparing design concept reports (DCRs) to assess feasibility, and phasing the work. He also warned of public‑works staffing constraints that could slow simultaneous large projects and suggested the council use upcoming budget study sessions and a retreat to refine priorities and timing.
Council discussion emphasized balancing crash‑reduction priorities with congestion and travel‑demand metrics; one councilmember suggested prioritizing corridors with the highest vehicle trips per day to maximize benefit. Staff did not request or take a vote at the study session; the presentation was intended to solicit council guidance and prepare for future budget deliberations.
