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Clinton City staff propose cost-share program to pave roughly 16 miles of gravel alleys
Summary
City engineer Jason Kraft presented a draft alley-paving cost-share plan that would require a majority of abutting owners to opt in and could cost the city an estimated $150,000 a year under one scenario; council agreed to form a subcommittee and consider the proposal during budget season.
City engineer Jason Kraft told the Clinton City Committee of the Whole that the city has an inventory of roughly 16 miles of gravel alleys and presented a draft cost-share program that would let property owners request paving and pay a portion of the cost.
"A lot of citizens in this town live on the street, but their garage is in the back, and they drive on a gravel alley to get to the garage," Jason Kraft said, describing a common complaint that prompted the proposal. He outlined a hypothetical model in which the city would cover most of the cost for residential alleys while property owners pay a smaller share.
Kraft said…
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