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Lake County Public Works lays out five-year pavement plan, seeks to scale chip-seal program
Summary
Interim Public Works Director Lars Ewing told the Planning Commission the county can raise annual chip-seal production from a five-year average of 17 miles to about 30 miles per year and possibly to 50 with more equipment, staff or contracting, while funding remains heavily dependent on gas-tax programs including SB 1.
Interim Public Works Director Lars Ewing presented the Lake County Planning Commission with a five-year pavement preservation overview on April 9, saying the county'maintained network totals about 612 miles and currently ranks in the ‘poor’ range on the Pavement Condition Index (PCI).
The presentation focused on how the county manages routine maintenance, emergency response and larger capital improvements. Ewing said routine operations, including pothole repair, striping and vegetation control, consume roughly 70% of ongoing road funding and that most capital projects rely on grants and the SB 1 program. “We have 612 miles of roads,” Ewing said, adding “we have 464 paved miles and 148 unpaved miles,” and noting the county'wide PCI was 34 in 2022.
Why it matters: the county reported an early success in 2025 when crews completed roughly 38.5 miles of chip seal work on county roads.…
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