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Councilor outlines street repaving, intersection upgrades, refuse-fee options and post-blizzard reforms
Summary
Councilor Jeff Thompson reviewed near-term paving priorities (streets with PCI under 20), upcoming intersection projects, a contract-driven refuse-fee choice between larger barrels or higher special-item fees, and post-Hernando blizzard changes including fleet investments and earlier travel bans after the city spent roughly $1.3 million responding to the storm.
Jeff Thompson spent the second half of the Ward 5 meeting reviewing a range of infrastructure and public-safety items and asking for resident input on trade-offs.
Paving and street priorities: Thompson said the city prioritizes streets with a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) under 20 and named immediate target streets including Ida Ave (PCI 11), parts of Pinehurst and sections of Thatcher Street. He noted Chapter 90 funds can be used for public streets but not private streets and described the two-step process for accepting and fixing private ways.
Intersection and ADA upgrades: Thompson said crews will soon begin work to widen and reconfigure…
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