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Cottage Grove council orders $3.8 million pavement project after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing and resident concerns about homeowner assessments, the Cottage Grove City Council voted Jan. 7 to order a roughly $3.8 million 2026 pavement management project covering 1.6 miles of streets; final assessments will be set after bids and an assessment hearing this fall.
The Cottage Grove City Council voted Jan. 7 to order the 2026 pavement management project, authorizing staff to move forward with plans and solicit bids for roughly $3.8 million in street, curb and utility work. Councilmember Olson moved to adopt resolution 2026-005 ordering the project; Councilmember Garza seconded and the motion passed by voice vote.
City engineer Paul Sponholz told the council the city’s pavement management program—started in 1994—identified neighborhoods west of Jamaica, north of 90th Street and south of Hillside for work covering about 1.6 miles, including Woodridge Park, Thompson Grove Estates, Pine Tree Pond townhomes and the Cottage Grove commercial area. Sponholz said visual PACER ratings for many segments were between 5 and 7 (city average about 7.5), core samples showed asphalt stripping and separation of surface layers, and the thin overlay applied eight years earlier will likely fail soon without deeper rehabilitation.
Sponholz described the proposed work as a full replacement of the…
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