Citrus County moves ahead with multi‑year road resurfacing contract after $13M allocation

Citrus County is moving forward with a new multi‑year road resurfacing contract after obligating roughly $13,000,000 this year, Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, said. Speaker 1 added the county also allocated about $950,000 for localized repairs.

"This is the largest amount of money the county's ever obligated for road resurfacing," Speaker 2, an unidentified speaker, said, describing the scale of the program as work orders are issued and crews prepare to start projects.

County officials said the delay in issuing the contract stemmed from developing a new multi‑year agreement; with the award complete, work orders are being issued to contractors. Speaker 2 identified two contractors discussed during the meeting: Pave Right, which the speaker said won mill‑and‑repave work and will perform open‑grade surface treatments on roads in Citrus Springs and Pine Ridge, and Superior, which the speaker said will perform full‑depth reclamation where crews grind existing pavement, replace the base mixture, and then resurface with asphalt.

Officials described a mix of work types. Speaker 1 characterized recent activity as "localized repairs" on portions of major roadways including 486 and Halls River and identified specific areas in Pine Ridge and Citrus Springs that have pavement defects. Speaker 2 said the open‑grade work involves placing two courses of asphalt over a soil‑cement base and that full‑depth reclamation includes grinding and rebuilding the base before paving.

A work order has been issued for Commission District 3 covering Pine Ridge and Citrus Springs, Speaker 1 said, and work in those areas is expected to begin shortly. Speaker 2 said other, more extensive road projects will start in the coming weeks and that the county expects resurfacing activity across several districts to continue into 2025. Officials also said another road list already prepared will be circulated to the public soon.

"We have to have a proactive approach to the roadway systems in Citrus County," Speaker 2 said, framing the multi‑year contract and the combination of localized repairs and deeper reclamation as part of longer‑term maintenance planning.

Next steps cited by speakers included issuing additional work orders, beginning localized repairs immediately in Commission District 3, and sharing the prepared road list with the public to outline planned projects and timing.