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Carlsbad transportation staff outline $17 million operations budget and how CIP funding is phased
Summary
Transportation staff told the Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission that the department's operating and maintenance budget for July 2025'June 2026 is $17,000,000 and described how the capital improvement program (CIP) phases funding and requests construction appropriations when projects are ready to bid.
Marielle Cairns, principal engineer in the transportation department, presented a high-level overview of the department's fiscal priorities and planned projects for fiscal year 2025'26, telling the Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission the department's operating and maintenance budget for July 2025 to June 2026 is $17,000,000.
Cairns said the transportation department manages two major city assets: the road system and the drainage system, and it uses a CIP process that shows project funding by phase rather than funding full project costs…
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