Huber Heights advances 2026 sidewalk, street and sewer bid packages totaling up to $3.52 million

Engineering staff presented the city’s 2026 capital bidding plans, urging council to authorize advertising for bids on sidewalks, curb replacement, street paving and sanitary-sewer lining.

Russ, the city engineer, said the 2026 sidewalk program targets areas east of Brant Pike and south of Taylorsville Road, with sidewalk work scheduled March–May and curb replacement continuing through the summer; the sidewalk program was capped at $170,000, funded from the sidewalk fund. He described the concrete (curb) portion as a separate not-to-exceed $950,000 commitment funded from the street capital fund (a street levy).

On the street program, Russ said crews plan milling and repaving about 24 streets totaling over 5 miles, with approximately eight streets tied to water-main replacements; the street program was described as not to exceed $1,900,000, funded by the dedicated street capital improvement fund and gas-tax funds. The engineer said paving contractors in the region are limited and that bids historically come from two large firms.

Russ also described the city’s eighth sanitary-sewer lining program: televised inspections identified the worst pipe segments, and staff expect to line about 8,000–9,000 linear feet of 8-inch pipe in 2026 with funds not to exceed $500,000 from the sanitary-sewer fund.

Council discussion reviewed the long-standing interior-streets funding model (an earmark of 0.25% of income-tax receipts plus gas tax dollars) and the five-year condition-assessment cycle that drives selection. No awards were finalized at the meeting; staff will return with bid results and maps for formal contract awards.

Why it matters: the programs represent the city’s primary annual investments in maintaining roads and underground utilities. The stated not-to-exceed totals add to roughly $3.52 million across sidewalk, curb, paving and sewer lining programs for 2026.